One of many Frank Lloyd Wright's designs on holiday ornaments available at the Fallingwater Museum Shop. Pictured here is an ornament from the museum shop taken from the china pattern for Wright's Cabaret Dining Room in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (1916 - 1923, demolished 1968), this asymmetrical design of brightly colored circles is hand painted in Poland.
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Easements offer a “Win-Win” for conservation and economy
It is a monument to creative conservation, and proof that natural values and the economic options of owners can be compatible on the same tract of land.
Recently WPC conveyed 1,253 acres of forest in the gorge to Westmoreland County. Prior to the sale, both the county and WPC agreed that a working forest conservation easement would be retained by WPC. Under the terms of the conservation easement, the county and WPC
work cooperatively to manage the forest in ways that yield economic benefits to the county while also protecting natural values identified by WPC. At Loyalhanna Gorge, the county may harvest timber from the property, but the harvest must be part of a plan that protects sensitive natural areas and sustains the forestland’s long-term health. Including the Loyalhanna Gorge transaction, WPC has employed easements to protect the future of 20,476 acres of forest across the region. Additionally, conservation easements offer landowners the flexibility to recoup their investment in western Pennsylvania forestland, while local municipalities continue to draw income from the property. Go to our next article, |
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To drive along Route 30 between Ligonier and Latrobe in Westmoreland County, or to paddle the parallel stretch of Loyalhanna Creek, is to pass through the heart of one of the most scenic features of southwestern Pennsylvania, the Loyalhanna Gorge. But, winding as it does through three wooded miles of Chestnut Ridge, the gorge is more than just a scenic byway. 
