Integrating Conservation Lands and Economic Development

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Kristen Lewis, Economic Development for the Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship

Posted

Aug 04, 2019

Host Sheila Hyland and Kristen Lewis, Executive Vice President of Economic Development for the Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, discuss the integration of conservation and economic development taking place in its more than 2 million acres of public land, which also serves as one of PA’s 11 official tourism regions. Recorded at studios in the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University. pawildscenter.org

Hosted by: Sheila Hyland Produced by: Keystone Newsmakers Team

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