Lancaster Conservancy to acquire over 270 acres of land in Lower Chanceford Township

The Lancaster Conservancy will acquire over 270 acres of land in Lower Chanceford Township, within the Susquehanna Riverlands Conservation Landscape.

The new preserve will be named after the Reist family that owned and cared for the land for over 100 years. according to a press release.

The Conservancy has started the management planning process and hope to introduce the Reist Nature Preserve to the public within the next few years. 

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The PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) helped pitch in as a donor and the York County Open Space matched the money the DCNR gave. 

“The Reist property is an excellent example of a property rich with natural resources that make it worthy of protection," said Julie Wheeler, President Commissioner of York County Open Space. "This is important, not only for our current York County residents to enjoy, but to ensure the on-going protection of our natural resources for all future generations.”

The DCNR also talked about the potential of this property for wildlife management. 

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“This property will safeguard wildlife habitat, provide new recreation opportunities, and protect the waters of Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay," said DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn.

According to the press release, the Reist Nature Preserve will provide a important natural habitat for birds, amphibians, reptiles, and other wildlife, and contains nearly a mile of Counselman Run, a scenic and vital headwaters stream, that cascades through the property into the Susquehanna River.