Who We Are

We are a group of local, county and state governments, land trusts, nonprofit organizations, watershed associations, and business representatives in a six-county area working together to protect, connect and sustain the amazing natural, recreational, and cultural gems in the Schuylkill Highlands. We are a diverse group of partners completing big picture projects together, that require complex cross-jurisdictional approaches. Our collaborative approach acts on a targeted set of goals using the power of partnership to advance our work together.

Our Story

The Schuylkill Highlands Partnership

The Schuylkill Highlands Partnership integrates the inspiration and action of many partners throughout the six-county landscape. The Partnership devotes its attention and expertise to protecting and preserving this critical landscape in a manner that will ensure its vibrant sustainable economic future. The partners have a deep commitment to working together in certain places of unsurpassed natural, historical, cultural, and recreational resource value. All partners are committed to protecting and preserving this critical landscape in a manner that will enable its vibrant and sustainable future. The power of this approach has brought significant outcomes in the landscape.

PA DCNR Conservation Landscapes

The Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape is a public-private partnership promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in 2006 entrusting Natural Lands to administer.

Conservation Landscapes have been established in eight defined areas in Pennsylvania, where there are strong natural assets, local readiness, and buy-in, and they receive focused state-level investment from PA DCNR.

Peacock’s Lock Bridge

The Schuylkill Highlands Partnership has been working strategically on the ground for nearly 15 years with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and communities developing value driven, place-based approaches in the spirit of the Conservation Landscapes on projects such as:

  • Conserving land
  • Protecting water quality
  • Creating greenways
  • Connecting residents to the outdoors
  • Land and water trails, amenities, and access points  
  • Protecting habitats
  • Encouraging sustainable development
  • Promoting nature-based tourism
  • Reducing pollution by best management practices
  • Convening conversations and inspiring speakers

Successful projects begin when organizations work together

Partners

The partner logos below are a sampling and not inclusive of the numerous partners throughout the six-county area that support the work of the Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape.

  • Pennsylvania Department_of_Conservation and Natural Resources
  • Natural Lands
  • William Penn Foundation
  • Circular Appalachian Mountain Club logo with a mountain, tree, and river illustration in the center, and the letters AMC above the landscape. Yellow border contains the clubs name.
  • Berks Nature
  • French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust
  • Heritage Conservancy
  • Schuylkill River Greenways
  • Berks County
  • Bucks County
  • Chester County
  • Lancaster County
  • Lebanon County
  • Montgomery County
  • National Park Service
  • PA Game Commission
  • Audubon
  • Blue MTN Eagle Climbing
  • Brandywine Creek Greenway
  • Campbell Thomas & Co
  • CVDA Landscape Architects and Planning
  • Colebrookdale
  • Delaware Riverkeeper Network
  • Black and white seal reading The Borough of Denver Pennsylvania, Incorporated Sept. 4, 1900, with decorative elements and stars.
  • White logo on green background showing a person kayaking above the text Est. 2019 DISCOVERY PATHWAYS enclosed in a circular outline.
  • Green outline of East Coventry Township, Chester County, PA, featuring the township seal with images of a flag, church, horses, and riverboat.
  • Blue logo shows a rock climber scaling a cliff on the left, with large white letters EPAC on the right within a stylized geometric background.
  • Friends Of Hopewell Furnace
  • Logo of Great Marsh Institute featuring a black salamander with yellow spots inside a blue rectangle, positioned to the left of the organization’s name in bold capital letters.
  • Green Allies
  • Green Valley Watershed Association
  • GreenWeaver Landscapes
  • Logo for Hamburg Our Town Foundation, with stylized text and a graphic featuring colorful geometric shapes and a bird.
  • Hawk Mountain
  • Logo with a navy blue tulip icon inside a circle next to the text Historic Trappe in black on a light background.
  • Horse Shoe Trail
  • Iron & Stell Heritage
  • KMS
  • Seal of Kutztown, Pennsylvania featuring stylized images of a bird, a building, a heart, and decorative elements, all in blue, green, gold, and orange on a circular background.
  • Seal of Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, featuring symbols for education, occupation, recreation, and protection.
  • Seal with the text “Germantown Founded 1711” showing a woman and a man with a scythe; border reads “Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.”.
  • Lundale Farm logo with white text on a dark background and a small green plant icon between the words.
  • The Mill at Anselma
  • Monocacy Hill
  • North Coventry Township logo with stylized text, a green tree, a person walking a dog, and a small animal near a stone wall.
  • Logo with the letters OBA in gray and PA in white on an orange background; the O contains a location pin icon with an orange center.
  • Partnership DE
  • Logo of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council featuring a green tree and the letters pec above the text pennsylvania environmental council on a white background.
  • Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council
  • Perkiomen Watershed
  • Logo of the Pottstown Area Regional Recreation Committee showing a cyclist, a path, a playground, and a family, with the slogan Improving Parks, Connecting Communities.
  • Logo for Pottstown Regional Community Foundation with a colorful tree graphic and the tagline Connecting Generosity with Community Needs.
  • Quakertown Alive
  • Rodale Institute
  • Schuylkill Action Network
  • Schuylkill Canal Association
  • Schuylkill Heritage
  • Take It Outdoors
  • Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley logo with a fish and green-blue landscape graphic.
  • WeConservePA logo with brown pinecone graphic above and below the text WeConservePA in brown font on a white background.
  • The image displays the text West Nantmeal Township in large, bold, uppercase letters, centered with horizontal lines on each side.
  • West Pottsgrove Township Pennsylvania logo and text featuring the township seal and name in blue capital letters on a light background.
  • Wharton Esherick
  • Wyomissing Borough seal on the left with text WYOMISSING BOROUGH - PENNSYLVANIA on a white background.

Complete List of Municipalities in the Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape

There are 163 municipalities within the boundaries of the Schuylkill Highlands and all are welcome to benefit from the partnership, regardless of their level of engagement.

Berks County

  • Albany Township
  • Alsace Township
  • Amity Township
  • Borough of Bally
  • Borough of Bechtelsville
  • Bern Township
  • Borough of Bernville
  • Bethel Township
  • Borough of Birdsboro
  • Borough of Boyertown
  • Brecknock Township
  • Caernarvon Township
  • Borough of Centerport
  • Centre Township
  • City of Reading
  • Colebrookdale Township
  • Cumru Township
  • District Township
  • Douglass Township
  • Earl Township
  • Exeter Township
  • Borough of Fleetwood
  • Greenwich Township
  • Borough of Hamburg
  • Heidelberg Township
  • Hereford Township
  • Jefferson Township
  • Borough of Kenhorst
  • Borough of Kutztown
  • Borough of Laureldale
  • Borough of Leesport
  • Borough of Lenhartsville
  • Longswamp Township
  • Lower Alsace Township
  • Lower Heidelberg Township
  • Borough of Lyons
  • Maidencreek Township
  • Marion Township
  • Maxatawny Township
  • Borough of Mohnton
  • Borough of Mount Penn
  • Muhlenberg Township
  • Borough of New Morgan
  • North Heidelberg Township
  • Oley Township
  • Ontelaunee Township
  • Penn Township
  • Perry Township
  • Pike Township
  • Richmond Township
  • Robeson Township
  • Borough of Robesonia
  • Rockland Township
  • Ruscombmanor Township
  • Borough of Saint Lawrence
  • Borough of Shillington
  • Borough of Shoemakersville
  • Borough of Sinking Spring
  • South Heidelberg Township
  • Spring Township
  • Tilden Township
  • Borough of Topton
  • Tulpehocken Township
  • Union Township
  • Upper Bern Township
  • Upper Tulpehocken Township
  • Washington Township
  • Borough of Wernersville
  • Borough of West Reading
  • Windsor Township
  • Borough of Womelsdorf
  • Borough of Wyomissing

Bucks County

  • Bedminster Township
  • Bridgeton Township
  • Borough of Dublin
  • Durham Township
  • East Rockhill Township
  • Haycock Township
  • Hilltown Township
  • Milford Township
  • Nockamixon Township
  • Borough of Perkasie
  • Plumstead Township
  • Borough of Quakertown
  • Richland Township
  • Borough of Richlandtown
  • Borough of Riegelsville
  • Borough of Sellersville
  • Borough of Silverdale
  • Springfield Township
  • Borough of Telford
  • Tinicum Township
  • Borough of Trumbauersville
  • West Rockhill Township

Chester County

  • Charlestown Township
  • East Brandywine Township
  • East Coventry Township
  • East Nantmeal Township
  • East Pikeland Township
  • East Vincent Township
  • Borough of Elverson
  • Borough of Honey Brook
  • Honey Brook Township
  • North Coventry Township
  • Borough of Phoenixville
  • Sadsbury Township
  • Schuylkill Township
  • South Coventry Township
  • Borough of Spring City
  • Tredyffrin Township (partial: Valley Forge National Historical Park)
  • Upper Uwchlan Township
  • Uwchlan Township
  • Wallace Township
  • Warwick Township
  • West Brandywine Township
  • West Caln Township
  • West Nantmeal Township
  • West Pikeland Township
  • West Sadsbury Township
  • West Vincent Township

Lancaster County

  • Borough of Adamstown
  • Brecknock Township
  • Caernarvon Township
  • Clay Township
  • Borough of Denver
  • East Cocalico Township
  • West Cocalico Township

Lebanon County

  • Heidelberg Township
  • Jackson Township
  • Millcreek Township
  • Borough of Myerstown
  • Borough of Richland
  • South Lebanon Township

Montgomery County

  • Borough of Collegeville
  • Douglass Township
  • Borough of East Greenville
  • Franconia Township
  • Borough of Green Lane
  • Limerick Township
  • Lower Frederick Township
  • Lower Pottsgrove Township
  • Lower Providence Township
  • Lower Salford Township
  • Marlborough Township
  • New Hanover Township
  • Borough of Pennsburg
  • Perkiomen Township
  • Borough of Pottstown
  • Borough of Red Hill
  • Borough of Royersford
  • Salford Township
  • Borough of Schwenksville
  • Skippack Township
  • Borough of Souderton
  • Borough of Telford
  • Borough of Trappe
  • Upper Frederick Township
  • Upper Hanover Township
  • Upper Merion Township (partial: Valley Forge National Historical Park)
  • Upper Pottsgrove Township
  • Upper Providence Township
  • Upper Salford Township
  • West Pottsgrove Township

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