Springlawn Trail, now Big Elk Creek State Park, in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Big Elk Creek flows along Springlawn Trail in Chester County, Pa., on March 22, 2020. The parking lot was full by mid-afternoon, but there was plenty of room for social distancing along the 2.5-mile trail, which is part of the Big Elk Creek section of the White Clay Creek Preserve. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
The land was protected in 2009, when The Conservation Fund worked with funding from Mt. Cuba Center to purchase 735 acres and transfer them to Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This month, the preserve added an adjacent 978-acre property, with funding from Mt. Cuba Center as well as the state of Pennsylvania and Chester County through its Chester County Open Space Preservation program. Together they are home to over 690 plant species, of which 15 are considered rare or endangered in Pennsylvania.
The 11-year effort forms one of the largest contiguous stretches of conserved land between D.C. and New York City—nearly 8,000 acres. It includes the Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area just across the border in Maryland, and also nearby is the Natural Lands' Peacedale Preserve.
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Springlawn Trail, now Big Elk Creek State Park, in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Big Elk Creek flows along Springlawn Trail in Chester County, Pa., on March 22, 2020. The parking lot was full by mid-afternoon, but there was plenty of room for social distancing along the 2.5-mile trail, which is part of the Big Elk Creek section of the White Clay Creek Preserve. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
The land was protected in 2009, when The Conservation Fund worked with funding from Mt. Cuba Center to purchase 735 acres and transfer them to Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This month, the preserve added an adjacent 978-acre property, with funding from Mt. Cuba Center as well as the state of Pennsylvania and Chester County through its Chester County Open Space Preservation program. Together they are home to over 690 plant species, of which 15 are considered rare or endangered in Pennsylvania.
The 11-year effort forms one of the largest contiguous stretches of conserved land between D.C. and New York City—nearly 8,000 acres. It includes the Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area just across the border in Maryland, and also nearby is the Natural Lands' Peacedale Preserve.
USAGE REQUEST INFORMATION
The Chesapeake Bay Program's photographic archive is available for media and non-commercial use at no charge.
To request permission, send an email briefly describing the proposed use to requests@chesapeakebay.net. Please do not attach jpegs. Instead, reference the corresponding Flickr URL of the image.
A photo credit mentioning the Chesapeake Bay Program is mandatory. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in any way that suggests approval or endorsement of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Requestors should also respect the publicity rights of individuals photographed, and seek their consent if necessary.