Patricia McCloskey, Author at Pennsylvania Highlands

February 12, 2021

New Highlands Website Showcases Trails, Partnerships, Planning, and Conservation

Appalachian Mountain Club invites visitors to explore their new website for the Pennsylvania Highlands Region at pahighlands.org. →

January 12, 2021

Trains, Tracks and the Triassic World

Appalachian Mountain Club partnered with Lehigh University to produce an interpretive sign that explains local geology and prehistoric animal life in the Upper Bucks region. →

January 4, 2021

AMC’S Protect the View Campaign Launches

The online campaign, Protect the View, seeks to build awareness and support for the protection of trail views and experiences within the greater Philadelphia area’s Circuit Trails network. →

November 19, 2020

Upper Bucks Rail Trail Opens

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Richland Township to celebrate the opening of a new section of the Highlands Trail in upper Bucks County. →

September 16, 2020

AMC and Partners Produce Trail Feasiblity Study

Grant funding from the Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape funded a trail feasiblity study in Upper Bucks County. →

May 12, 2020

AMC Produces Highlands Trail StoryMap

Using ESRI’s ArcGIS StoryMap platform, AMC staff prepared a custom interactive map that tells the story of the 300-mile long Highlands Trail in Pennsylvania. →

February 7, 2020

Construction Begins on Upper Bucks Rail Trail

The Upper Bucks Rail Trail is now in the construction phase. The project, located in Springfield and Richland Townships, will cover three miles of unused railbed from Veterans Park in Richland to just outside Coopersburg, in Springfield Township. →