Learn About The American Chestnut

Join Professor Mike Tyree at Blue Spruce Lakeside Center on April 12 @ 7:00 PM to hear about restoration efforts for the American Chestnut tree. This presentation is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!


Evergreen Award 2025- time to submit nominations!

A volunteer, organization, business, or an employed person can be nominated for the award. The conservancy is seeking to recognize a nominee who has demonstrated grass-roots leadership in the following areas: • New or innovative technology to prevent harm to our environment • Participation in activities that show a direct positive effect on our environment. […]


Trash Clean Up March 29

Evergreen Conservancy has scheduled a trash clean-up at Blue Spruce Park on Saturday March 29th beginning at 9:00 am. Please join us! Volunteers should park in the lot nearest the park office, and will be provided with trash bags, gloves (unless you choose to bring your own), and orange vests. The cleanup will involve Blue […]


A new Group in Town

Plant Patrol is a new all-volunteer group in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, dedicated to combat invasive weeds in our county’s public green spaces. They have organized volunteer work events in our county parks, Yellow Creek State Park and other local sites. Invasive plants are species that are growing outside their native range and that cause or […]


Rooftop Solar and Homeowner Rights:

What Pennsylvania Can Learn from Ohio’s New Solar Access Law Last year, a bipartisan group of Ohio legislators passed a sweeping Homeowners Association (HOA) reform bill into law, formerly Senate Bill 61. A key provision of this law is that HOAs may not restrict their members from installing solar on their own property, also known […]