Panhandle Greenway Conservation Project
Protecting Local Land
UPDATE | January 1, 2025 – WE DID IT! Thanks to help from supporters like you, we were able to successfully garner the resources needed to purchase and permanently conserve 160 acres in South Fayette Township as part of the second phase of the Panhandle Greenway Conservation Project! THANK YOU to all who supported this effort. Please continue checking this page as we’ll announce a new phase of the Panhandle Greenway Conservation Project in Spring 2025.
SUMMARY | Since 2023, Allegheny Land Trust and its community partners have been working together on this landscape-scale effort to create an ecological, recreational, and place-making greenway unlike any in the region. In March 2024, ALT conserved the first, 91-acre phase of this project in Collier Township. In December 2024, ALT conserved the second, 160-acre phase of this project in South Fayette Township. There will be many phases in this ongoing effort to conserve woodlands in the rapidly-developing and flood-vulnerable Robinson Run Watershed and along the scenic corridor of the popular Panhandle Trail.
CURRENT EFFORTS | ALT has another 32-acre parcel under contract in Collier Township and will be raising awareness and funds to conserve the land by September 2025.
BENEFITS | This project will bridge Settler’s Cabin Park, Pittsburgh Botanical Garden, Collier Township Park, South Fayette’s Preservation Park, other public and privately conserved lands, and the Panhandle and Montour Trails to forever protect and enhance the quality of life in surrounding communities by preserving rural character and scenic beauty, expanding healthy recreational opportunities, contributing to local and regional resiliency and global sustainability, protecting important wildlife habitat, and providing an economic boost through enhanced desirability of the communities and new opportunities for recreation-related businesses.
STATUS & FUNDING | ALT has 32 acres under exclusive contract to purchase and permanently protect in Collier Township contingent upon successfully raising the necessary funds for closing in September 2025. Please re-visit this page for details on total dollars required to conserve this next phase of the Panhandle Greenway Conservation Project.
HOW YOU CAN HELP | Donations from individuals are a crucial component to every ALT land conservation project as they are very important to help close the funding gap and serve as the local matching dollars required to unlock state grants. Details for the 2025 effort are forthcoming.
