Upper Salford's Rogers-Hiester Property Purchased
Sought-after landscape preserved by Montgomery County Lands Trust after years of planning
After a 30-month campaign to raise $1.6 million, the Montgomery County Lands Trust (MCLT) purchased the 78-acre Rogers-Hiester property, located south of Sumneytown on Route 63 in Upper Salford Township. “This property was a ‘Critical Habitat’ acquisition," said Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Program Supervisor Carolyn Wallis in an MCLT press release. “It is an exceptional place that needed desperately to be preserved.” The property is a gateway to the Unami Forest, a section of the nationally-recognized Pennsylvania Highlands, according to MCLT. It includes the convergence of two streams – Unami Creek and Ridge Valley Creek – and is in close proximity to the Green Lane Park and the Perkiomen Trail. …
