Nun protects 100 acres of wild space in Pennsylvania
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
A conservation easement on 100 acres along Bell Run in Clearfield County has been donated to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. (WPC photo)
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A 100-acre tract of mostly wooded land along a native trout stream in Clearfield County has gained permanent protection through the donation of a conservation easement.
Jane McCartney, a Sister of Mercy, donated the easement to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for her family’s homestead that features about 6,000 feet of stream front along Bell Run, a stream that supports naturally reproducing populations of trout and has been designated as a wild trout water by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. The stream is a tributary in the headwaters of the West Branch Susquehanna River.