What’s At Stake?
The Highlands' critical resources are severely threatened by suburban sprawl and industrial development. This region lies within two hours travel of more than 20 million people, supplies drinking water to 15 million people, and provides critical wildlife habitat for more than 70 species of migratory songbirds and mammals. Learn more >>

What We're Doing

• Leading the Highlands Coalition, an alliance of nearly 200 nonprofit, municipal, state, and federal organizations, which advocate for federal funding to protect this region, through the Highlands Conservation Act and other sources.
  
• Promoting outdoor recreation in the Pennsylvania Highlands, planning a new 100-Mile Pennsylvania Highlands Trail Network through Eastern PA, and providing technical assistance in mapping conservation resources in the Pennsylvania Highlands.
  
• Offering chapter-led critical treasures hikes, which raise public awareness of areas in need of protection. Search for chapter programs >>
  

Get Involved

• Join the Conservation Action Network
  
• Learn more about critical treasures in your backyard
  
• Get out and Hike the PA Highlands, and follow the progress of the PA Highlands Trail Network project

Contact Us
Kristen Sykes
AMC Mid-Atlantic Policy Manager
520 Long Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
610-868-6903