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The Save the Mozino Forest organization reports two new developments. The developer has filed an application for a permit to build 51 single-family homes and he has given the group one year to raise the funds to buy the tract from him and preserve it instead.
Reprinted from Inside Climate News By Kyle Bagenstose October 30, 2026 In what might have been his last hearing as chair of Pennsylvania’s House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection committee, […]
The referendum to protect Delaware County water, land and wildlife was a huge winner in the midterm election, getting 171,131 unofficial yes votes (75.6% of the vote) to 55,249 (24.4%) unofficial no votes. The referendum spectacularly outperformed its pre-campaign polling that had suggested in might win by a 60% to 40% yes vote.
On November 3rd, Delaware County voters will have an unprecedented opportunity to protect our water, wildlife, and open space. As a longtime resident of Delco and the president of Natural Lands—a nonprofit conservation organization active and headquartered in the county—I urge everyone to vote YES on this ballot initiative.
Tyler Arboretum in Media will begin a year-long exhibition of the sculptures of renowned artist Steven Tobin beginning October 16.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has expanded its nationally recognized PHS LandCare program into Chester, Pennsylvania, bringing its proven vacant land stabilization and greening model to Delaware County for the first time.
On August 16, 2026, former state Sen. Franklin L. Kury, author of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, passed away at the age of 89. The amendment guarantees the people of Pennsylvania the right to clean air, pure water and preservation of natural, scenic and historic sites.
Rockwell Development Group owner Greg Lingo told the Upper Darby Township Council and a group of about 140 residents Wednesday night that he would be willing to sell the 15-acre woodland to the township and conservationists for “in the ballpark of $8 million.”
