2,500 acres protected in Penn Forest, Kidder

The Open Space Institute and Wildlands Conservancy announced the permanent protection of more than 2,500 acres through a conservation easement that safeguards a stretch of the Upper Lehigh River watershed. The newly conserved land is surrounded by Hickory Run State Park, Lehigh Gorge State Park and State Game Lands 141 — forming a keystone protected landscape for clean water and wildlife.