FCVC is partnering with Allegheny Students for Environmental Action for their 3rd annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival. This event will feature a collection of short films about the environment, highlighting a wide array of topics. Prior to the films, there will be a pre-film fest with food from local vendors, live music, eco-crafts, and [...]
Join us Friday, December 1 from 5pm - 8pm at the Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum in Meadville for the French Creek Valley Conservancy 2017 Holiday Party. We'll celebrate another year of conservation in the French Creek Watershed with fellowship and some light refreshments. We'll also give away a kayak - see the next story below! Parking [...]
French Creek Valley Conservancy is pleased to again partner with the Foundation for Sustainable Forests to present the 2018 Our Woods and Waters Winter Film Series. Join us on Friday, January 12 at 7pm in the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts on the Campus of Allegheny College. We'll be screening the new film highlighting the [...]
Social Hour & Cash Bar 5:30 pm (no credit cards), Buffet Dinner 6:30 pm Program to follow - Business casual During the evening's program we'll honor Dick & Patty Runnels and the Crawford County Senior Environment Corps with the Friend of French Creek Award. We'll also hear from Dr. Zachary Loughman of West Liberty [...]
Join us for a unique sojourn that combines paddling with some of our area’s extraordinary history. In 1753, a young George Washington traveled from Virginia to the French fort called LeBoeuf at present day Waterford. His purpose was to inform the French occupying the region that they were to extricate themselves from British territory. The [...]
On this community day of online giving, support French Creek Valley Conservancy with a gift through the Erie Community Foundation. Make you gift online between 8am and 8pm on Tuesday, August 14 at www.eriegives.org. A generous anonymous FCVC donor has agreed to match all gifts made to French Creek Valley Conservancy that day dollar-for-dollar up [...]
A joint offering of French Creek Valley Conservancy and the Foundation for Sustainable Forests. This event is free and open to the public! Programs begins with light refreshments at 6:30pm and films begin at 7pm.
A joint offering of French Creek Valley Conservancy and the Foundation for Sustainable Forests. This event is free and open to the public! Programs begins with light refreshments at 6:30pm and films begin at 7pm.
Join us Saturday, June 8th for a scenic sojourn down French Creek from Utica to Franklin. Participants will get to experience lock remnants of the historic French Creek Feeder Canal, explore for creek critters, paddle past some conserved FCVC properties and experience the thrill of Polly’s Rapids. We will be paddling about 10 river miles [...]
Join us for the biggest day of volunteer stewardship in the French Creek watershed! It's year 27 for the Annual French Creek Cleanup! Once again, volunteers will come together on the first Saturday after Labor Day, Saturday, September 7, 2019, to make the French Creek watershed an even better place to live, work, and play! [...]
