Jamil Preston-Wiley, 9, of Gibsonia, casts a line while fishing with his grandmother, Jamila Wiley, and Landon Key, 13, at Glade Run Lake in Middlesex Township. Wiley said they go fishing at the park almost every two days.

The efforts of the Glade Run Lake Conservancy to protect land and uphold water quality around Glade Run Lake again will expand.

The conservancy, in partnership with the Allegheny Land Trust, received a $313,000 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant to purchase and protect a new 53-acre tract of land in Middlesex Township for open space and passive recreation.

The land is adjacent to a 120-acre tract of land protected by the trust and the Glade Run Lake Conservancy in 2021 using a conservation easement. The trust plans to purchase the new land tract and later transfer it to the state Fish and Boat Commission.

“We are extremely excited to continue efforts with the Glade Run Lake Conservancy and the local community to protect land around this unique lake in this rapidly developing area,” Chris Beichner, president and CEO of the Allegheny Land Trust, said in a statement. “These grant dollars offer a significant boost to our efforts to protect this land and promote the community's resiliency.”

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