Ways to get involved

Apply for a grant

Highlands Conservation Act grants are awarded to state agencies within the Highlands region, which spans Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Apply for a grant.

Explore the Highlands

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Enjoy the outdoors by visiting properties throughout the Highlands region that have been protected in perpetuity to conserve land for humans and wildlife. Several of these properties are adjacent to or part of larger land parcels that were previously preserved. 

Many of the properties that have been protected with the assistance of the Highlands Conservation Act grant program offer public access for passive recreational use such as hiking, bird-watching, snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing, dog walking, mountain biking, fishing, hunting, wildlife watching or meditation. Please check that certain activities are available at each location before planning your trip.

Connecticut
  • Housatonic State Forest
  • Towner Hill Preserve
  • Ethel Walker Woods
  • Pine Mountain Preserve
  • Ehrich Woods
  • East Kent Hamlet Nature Preserve
  • Benton Hill Preserve
  • West Aspetuck Scenic Wetlands Preserve
  • Cheryl Cadman Evans Preserve
  • Deer Hill
  • North Pond, Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
  • Skiff Mountain Preserves
  • Wolf Hill
  • Furnace Brook Preserve
  • Paugnut State Forest
  • Red Mountain Preserve
New York
  • Cranberry Mountain Wildlife Management Area
  • Sterling Forest State Park
  • Harriman State Park
  • Hudson Highlands State Park
  • Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve
  • Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park
  • Schunnemunk State Park
New Jersey 
  • Norvin Green State Forest
  • Rockaway River Wildlife Management Area
  • Sweet Hollow Preserve
  • Gravel Hill Preserve
  • Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
  • Thomas F. Breden Preserve at Milford Bluffs
  • Hickory Run Wildlife Management Area
  • Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area
Pennsylvania
  • William Penn State Forest
  • French Creek State Park
  • Marsh Creek State Park
  • Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center State Park
  • Nockamixon State Park
  • Gibraltar Forest
  • Killian Woods / Hopewell Big Woods / Pennsylvania Forest District 17
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Our Partners

Connecticut

New York

New Jersey

  • New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council  
  • The Land Conservancy of New Jersey  
  • New Jersey Conservation Foundation
  • New Jersey Green Acres Program
  • New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council  
  • New Jersey Water Supply Authority  
  • Tewksbury Land Trust  

Pennsylvania