Sunday, June 9, 2019 Register now for the 17th Annual French Creek Iron Tour! Known as one of the region’s most beautiful bike rides, with well-stocked rest stops and the best volunteers, this scenic bicycle tour takes riders through the preserved lands in the French and Pickering Creeks watersheds. With eight choices, there is a course for […]
Purchase Your Auction Tickets Today!
Join us on Saturday, November 3 at 6:00 PM for the 2018 Annual Auction Party. The Annual Auction Party is an evening of dinner, cocktails, and friends in support of French & Pickering. During the event, guests are given the opportunity to bid on a wide selection of interesting items and unique experiences. Visit the […]
Making Hay Not Houses
Imagine these fields filled with fifty houses instead of hay. Another hundred cars sitting in traffic on Charlestown Road. Thanks to the Epstein Family, Charlestown Township, and French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, you don’t have to. This land, the view, and its natural resources are now protected in perpetuity for everyone to enjoy today […]
The Spotted Lanternfly: 10 Tips to Fight the Infestation
What to do? The Spotted Lanternfly is spreading fast and being very destructive. We are seeing increasing numbers of nymphs, adults and egg masses in our area. Here are 10 Tips that we have gathered to deal with adult lanternflies for homeowners whose properties are about an acre, or who have less than 10 or […]
French & Pickering Names Bill Gladden as Executive Director
Bill Gladden will join French & Pickering as Executive Director on August 1. With more than 30 years of experience in land use, preservation, and management in the public and private sector, Bill will bring a wealth of experience to this role. He has been Director of the Department of Open Space Preservation for Chester […]
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Earns National Recognition
Accreditation Promotes Public Trust, Ensures Permanence Phoenixville, PA, February 24, 2016 – French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust (FPCCT) announced today it has achieved accreditation – a mark of honor in land conservation. The Land Trust Accreditation Commission awarded accreditation, signifying its confidence that FPCCT lands will be protected forever. Accredited land trusts across the […]
FRENCH & PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST PRESERVES 553 ACRES IN NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY
YouTube Video Announcement Link: Aerial Footage of the Historic Warwick Furnace Farm (Video footage provided by LightHawk) Phoenixville, Pa., December 21 —The historic 553-acre Warwick Furnace Farm along the South Branch of French Creek in Warwick and East Nantmeal townships in Chester County will be preserved forever. French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust worked for one year […]
Big News!
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust has just received a conveyance of 675 acres of woodlands and wetland in the Chester County Great Marsh from The Nature Conservancy. French & Pickering will monitor and maintain the property, and plans to open up a portion as a preserve in 2016. The transfer is part of The […]
Marshland Duck Cam Now Live
Photos from the Duck Cam Marshland Duck Cam Now Live A new camera was recently assembled in a pond in the middle of the Great Marsh accessible only by canoe. The pond was created about 60 years ago and is located on private property in Elverson, East Nantmeal, Chester County, owned by the Moore Family. The […]
The Bacon Brothers: June 26, 2015
The Bacon Brothers: June 26, 2015 On June 26, 2015, French & Pickering was pleased to partner once again with the Association for the Colonial Theatre to produce a concert starring the Bacon Brothers. Kevin and Michael Bacon’s father, Edmund Bacon, the famed American urban planner, was one of the first people to put his […]
