Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

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The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) has been around for more than 75 years (1932 - 2007) and exists to protect the water, land and life of western Pennsylvania. Half of all the protected land in Pennsylvania have been conserved by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The organization also facilitates community floral gardens in 19 counties. This nonprofit organization has been entrusted with preserving Fallingwater, the masterpiece home built by Frank Lloyd Wright in Mill Run, Pa. that members of the American Institute of Architects recently voted the most important building of the 20th century.

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Fallingwater, maintained and preserved by The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, is open to visitors

Since 1932, WPC has protected 225,000 acres (910 km²). Most of that land is now publicly owned and makes up some of Pennsylvania's premier parks, forests, gamelands, and natural areas - visited by millions of residents and tourists. WPC's work enables protection of important natural resources and creates economic benefits - from tourism in the Laurel Highlands, recreation in the Clarion River and Loyalhanna Gorge, to forestry in the Allegheny National Forest and Forbes State Forest in Westmoreland County.

WPC plants more than 150 community gardens each spring in 19 western Pennsylvania counties.

Restoration projects included Fallingwater (Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece).