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Downtown Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Riverfront Park Gets a Vibrant New Chapter
Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Riverfront Park recently got a major refresh that honors its history while preparing it for a vibrant future. Nestled along the Allegheny River between the Roberto Clemente, Andy […]
Land Conservation Progress in Southwest Pennsylvania
According to the Land Trust Alliance, the United States loses the equivalent of one football field’s worth of land every 30 seconds to things like urban sprawl, parking lots, and other habitat […]
Scenic Pittsburgh opens city’s newest greenspace in the Hill District
A new greenspace is now open in the Hill District. Formerly a site subject to illegal dumping and overgrown brush, about 2.2 acres of land is part of the new […]
WVU-led Three Rivers Quest expands environmental research and education efforts with Colcom Foundation support
Private support from the Colcom Foundation for West Virginia University and the West Virginia Water Research Institute is providing $3.5 million in financial resources to help bolster environmental sustainability and water research efforts at […]
Cascading Conservation Impact: How One Colcom Foundation Grant in 2006 Catalyzed Decades of Watershed Conservation in Western Pennsylvania
Colcom Foundation has long stood as a dedicated champion of environmental stewardship in western Pennsylvania, focusing on land conservation, biodiversity, and sustainable management of the region’s land and water resources. […]
Colcom Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for Upper Allegheny Watershed Conservation
In August 2025, Colcom Foundation continued its decades-long commitment to environmental stewardship in Pennsylvania by providing the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) with a $1 million grant to support targeted land […]