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Written By Silas Chamberlin Patrick Brown’s new book Industrial Pioneers: Scranton, Pennsylvania and the Transformation of America, 1840-1902 is a much-needed study of a city that played a disproportionately formative role in nineteenth-century American industrial…

Written By Silas Chamberlin The D&L is involved with so many types of projects, over such a wide expanse of eastern Pennsylvania, that it is sometimes difficult to keep them all straight.  We do heritage…

When Community Fellow Josh Kreger signed up for a year-long position with the D&L he probably envisioned conducting sociological research on trail users and helping out with writing and marketing.  And, OK, Josh did a…

For a week in late July, 350 cyclists from across the nation made their way through eastern Pennsylvania as part of the 2010 Greenway Sojourn, sponsored by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC).  During the sojourn, which…

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On Monday, a crowd of government officials and D&L Trail devotees braved grey skies and drizzle to dedicate a 2.7-mile section of trail between Cementon and Laurys Station in Lehigh County. The new section runs…

U.S. Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15th) took time from his busy Washington DC schedule to spend the morning of February 18 reading selections from the D&L children’s storybook – Tales of the Towpath – to fourth-grade…

D&L President Allen Sachse recently appeared on the PBS show GreenLife. The video provides a nice snapshot of what the D&L is all about. Please take a moment to view it:

This editorial originally appeared on Philly.com on January 10, 2010. As budget exigencies limit the ability of state and federal agencies to preserve and interpret our historic and cultural landscapes, the work of the D&L…

Tales of the Towpath, the book that is taking Pennsylvania elementary schools by storm, is now available for purchase on the D&L’s website store.   This children’s book by D&L Outreach Coordinator, Dennis Scholl is…

In August, the Bushkill Stream Conservancy published Establishing Streamside Buffer Areas in Your Park or Community, a pamphlet intended to the economic, ecological, and aesthetic benefits of sustainable riparian buffers. The colorful and informative brochure…

The protection of the Appalachian Trail (AT) led to the passage of the National Trails System Act of 1968 and the designation of the AT as our nation’s first National Scenic Trail. In Pennsylvania, the…