We are a member-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring the region’s waters, forests, natural areas and wildlife, planting community trees, gardens and greenspaces, and caring for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.

Nature Near You Needs You: Your Support Helps Green Spaces and Wild Places

From our 40,000th tree planted through our community forestry program, to more than 22,000 acres of local land conserved, the Conservancy’s work in 2024 has touched communities across our region and helped wildlife thrive—all possible thanks to the passion and generosity of WPC supporters. Here is a small sample of projects you’ve helped us complete so far in 2024!

• We celebrated the milestone of 40,000 street and park trees planted since 2008 to increase tree canopy, provide wildlife habitat, manage stormwater runoff and provide shade in 73 City of Pittsburgh neighborhoods and 57 municipalities! We’re finishing up planting 1,094 trees in 2024 with the help of nearly 400 volunteers and partners.

• With volunteers and community groups, we installed native perennials in 12 more of our 130 community gardens, to support pollinators and absorb stormwater runoff.

• Five WPC preserves have new parking areas or signage to improve access to nature. And at five preserves, volunteers helped build or improve trails for all to enjoy.

• So far in 2024, our watershed conservation team has conserved or restored 38 miles of stream, completed 36 stream restoration projects and planted 21,960 native riparian trees along streams to improve water quality.

• Our Natural Heritage Program scientists finalized research on 1,400 species for possible inclusion in the 2025-2035 State Wildlife Action Plan, which helps guide our conservation work.

• Our NHP staff produced an an award-winning documentary, “Seeing The Unseen: Aquatic Invasives & What’s at Stake,” about invasive species in the Lake Erie watershed and beyond.

• With PA DCNR and other partners, we developed Untold Stories to share about underrepresented and marginalized people connected to the history of land that is now part of state parks and forests.

• We continued World Heritage Preserved, a multi-year effort to repair and preserve essential components of Fallingwater’s stone, concrete, roofs and steel systems.

Thank you! Your support makes a real difference for conservation and for future generations. Please make a one-time or monthly donation, or renew your membership today to protect our region’s wild places and green spaces. Nature near you needs you! 

Klean Kanteen, Featuring Fallingwater

Featuring a striking depiction of Fallingwater by graphic designer and illustrator Eric O’Malley, a new collection of insulated drinkware includes a 16 oz. tumbler, a 16.9 oz. thermos, a 20 oz. water bottle and a 20 oz. tumbler. Keeping your beverages hot or cold for hours, these high-performance items are custom-made by Klean Kanteen, a certified B corporation that meets high standards for social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. Klean Kanteen is also climate neutral certified and is a 1% For the Planet member. No matter your adventure—hiking, working out, playing sports or traveling on the road—this drinkware featuring Fallingwater will make for the perfect companion.

Reminder: After Dec. 1, Fallingwater tours are limited. The house closes for regular season tours Dec. 31. Schedule your tour!

Choose a native tree to plant at home. 

Plant trees during cooler weather. 

Learn the proper way to mulch a tree.