What it means for for Pennsylvania if the new WOTUS definition is finalized:

• Up to 30,000 miles of Pennsylvania streams could lose federal protection.

• Hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands face reduced or no federal oversight.

• Pennsylvania State rules cannot fully compensate, because they do not cover:

• most headwaters

• many small wetlands

• many buffer zones

• most agricultural hydrologic alterations

How to take action:

• Submit a public comment on Docket ID No. 

  EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322 at regulations.gov

• Mobilize Local/State Governments

• Engage key Pennsylvania Stakeholders

  (e.g. County conservation districts, Watershed associations, PA Environmental Council)

First planting phase completed at Harriton Preserve. This project is a collaboration with Gray Landscape Design for Lower Merion Conservancy and made possible through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener Program.

Our project is featured in The Connection, Laurel Hill’s newsletter. Take a read to learn more about the background and design of the project. Click on the image to link to the full Article.

The benches arrived! A 200-year-old damaged oak has been repurposed into beautiful benches for our project. We love the wood’s character and are happy that this tree will continue to serve the landscape for decades to come. Photo Credit Frank Mielkie

From a quick sketch to a seasonal vignette.

It’s fascinating to see how the envisioned landscape compares with the one that ultimately takes shape. This garden is Phase III of the Chapel and Mausoleum of Peace improvements at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Laurel Hill was founded in 1836, as the second rural cemetery in the U.S. Today Laurel Hill is an accredited arboretum and the first cemetery in the U.S. designated as a National Historic Landmark.