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• PAcastShapiro-Davis Administration Invests $500,000 to Support Urban Farmers and Break Down Barriers to Accessing Fresh Food in Cities Across PennsylvaniaApril 15, 2026
• Climate OneEPA Cancels Billions in Grants. Recipients Won’t Back DownFebruary 20, 2026
• The Wilkinsburg SunPittsburgh’s First Responsible Wood Production Facility Opens HereNovember 2, 2025
• 90.5 WESASaw mill opens in Wilkinsburg to reclaim, harvest fallen urban treesOctober 24, 2025
• AARPIlyssa Manspeizer: Combining Land Conservation and Workforce ReadinessOctober 1, 2025
• Pittsburgh Business TimesWorkforce Development Success Stories: Landforce adding new facility despite frozen federal grantAugust 26, 2025
• TribLiveBrandt Trail in McCandless ready for use after partnering with Landforce for upgradesMay 12, 2025
• The Allegheny FrontEPA terminates $15M climate justice grant to Pittsburgh and Philly non-profitsMay 9, 2025
• 90.5 WESAAllegheny County gets $1M grant to fund climate projects in environmental justice communitiesJanuary 28, 2025
• Monroeville Times ExpressPitcairn officials look to improve recreation areas in advance of connector trailNovember 18, 2024
• PA HouseSalisbury: More than $660,000 secured to bring urban and community forestry program to Forest Hills BoroughNovember 13, 2024
• PA HousePowell: over $1.5 million in state conservation grants for PittsburghNovember 13, 2024
• PA HouseMarkosek: Over $900,000 in grants for conservation and recreation projectsNovember 12, 2024
• PA HouseDeasy applauds nearly $1M investment in local recreation and conservation projectsNovember 12, 2024
• EPA press officeBiden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $325 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change GrantsJuly 25, 2024
• h MagazineOpening DoorsDecember 30, 2022
• Environmental Protection AgencyBiden-Harris Administration Announces $14.3 Million in Brownfields Grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Train Environmental WorkersDecember 14, 2022
• PA Environment Digest BlogPittsburgh-based Landforce Workforce Development Crews Surpass 57,000 Hours Of Environmental Stewardship Work; Have A Project?November 30, 2022
• PA Environment Digest BlogLandforce Crews Help Restore Trails, Remove Invasive Plants in the Hazelwood Greenway in Allegheny CountyOctober 18, 2021
• America MagazineThe US Economy Sets Up Ex-Prisoners For Failure. The Consequences Are DisastrousSeptember 29, 2021
• Washington Post9 Questions About the Civilian Conservation Corps, AnsweredSeptember 16, 2021
• Pittsburgh Post-GazetteOther Voices: Biden’s Pittsburgh visit shows the path to shared prosperity in the Ohio River ValleyApril 12, 2021
• NEXTpittsburghPittsburgh’s Landforce gets $200,000 brownfields grant for environmental job trainingMarch 19, 2021
• The Allegheny FrontPittsburgh Green Jobs Program Gets Boost from EPAMarch 18, 2021
• Pittsburgh Post-GazettePoint Breeze-Based Landforce Receives $200,000 U.S. EPA GrantMarch 18, 2021
• Pittsburgh QuarterlyLooking for Answers in the Past to Blunt Pandemic Job LossesJuly 13, 2020
• Penn State NewsPenn State Center Pittsburgh to Offer Green Infrastructure Certification ProgramJanuary 29, 2020
• 90.5 WESALow Wage Living Takes a Physical and Mental TollJuly 2, 2019
• Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWalkabout: Youth Orchard Activates Long-Awaited Hilltop Urban FarmMay 6, 2019
• NEXTpittsburghNEXT Up: From building trails in Pittsburgh to counting elephants in Ethiopia with Ilyssa ManspeizerMay 30, 2018
• PA Environment Digest16 New Landforce Crew Members Trained, Ready To Go In Pittsburgh RegionMay 17, 2018
• TribLivePittsburgh nonprofit Landforce wins extra $50K in Google Impact ChallengeMarch 15, 2018
• NEXTpittsburghLandforce wins $50k Google Impact Challenge grant, thanks to public votingMarch 15, 2018
• Pittsburgh Post-GazetteGoogle awards $50,000 apiece to four nonprofits for economic initiativesFebruary 21, 2018
• Pittsburgh MagazineShe’s Trailblazing in Pittsburgh, LiterallyJuly 21, 2016
• Next CityIn Pittsburgh, Pretty Public Spaces Also Mean JobsJanuary 6, 2016
• DownstreamThe Alchemy of Coal HillDecember 18, 2015
• South Pittsburgh ReporterMWCDC spins off trail corps, ED to head new entityDecember 8, 2015
• Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMount Washington trail-building program expected to branch outDecember 6, 2015
• NEXTpittsburghIlyssa Manspeizer to head green job training program as it expands citywideDecember 5, 2015

Selected from the full list at landforcepgh.org/about-landforce/press, which also links the 2017 and 2018 annual reports. See also News and Impact Reports.