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Get outdoors
Our Vision and Priorities
A connected landscape of open space accessible to all providing a variety of experiences, sustainable landscapes and healthy habitat for people, plants, and wildlife.
1 Connect Residents and Visitors to the Outdoors
2Encourage Nature-Based Tourism and Sustainable Economies
3Promote Natural Resources Conservation — land, water, greenways
4Promote the Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape
5Leverage Funding and Action to Support Partners and Landscape-wide Needs
Rodale Institite
Bike Repair Station
the schuylkill highlands mini-grant program
The Schuylkill Highlands Mini-Grant Program is a reimbursement grant program funded by the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and administered by Natural Lands.
Next Mini Grant round for submitting applications will be:
Spring 2026
news & meetings
Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape Awards Nearly $100,000 in Grants for Parks, Trails, Land Stewardship, and More
Schuylkill Highlands Partnership Welcomes Estelle Wynn Dolan
Join Us for the Elevate Regional Meetings: Strengthening Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Recreation Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Announces New Tourism Grant Program to Boost Regional Getaways
visit & explore
Explore what the Schuylkill Highlands region has to offer. We have tremendous towns, parks and preserves, cultural sites, terrific trails and farms!
Schuylkill Highlands covers 6 counties
and includes:
725
miles EV and HQ streams & tributaries
1.2M
total acres
24%
protected land
24%
protected land
10
important bird areas
45%
forested tree canopy
5.4%
in public recreation
10
important bird areas
355
miles of regional trails
73
miles of Schuylkill River
discover the
landscape
Explore and learn more on the Schuylkill Highlands landscape, an Esri Arc GIS map. View the Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape geography and the layers added on protected lands, watersheds, important bird and mammal areas, farmland soils, and geology.
How to get involved
We can’t do it alone. Join us along with municipal leaders from local, county and state governments, land trusts and nonprofit organizations, watershed associations, and business representatives in the six-county working together to protect, connect and sustain the amazing natural, recreational and cultural gems of the Schuylkill Highlands.