16—The Daily Collegian Monday, Sept. 10, 1984
Mt. Nittany:
Funds needed to preserve natural
By NAN CRYSTAL ARENS
Collegian Staff Writer
At a piess conference Friday at the
foot of the mountain, the director of
the Mount Nittany Conservancy an
nounced the kickoff of a drive to raise
$120,000 to save the landmark from
development.
Ben Novak said the $120,000 will be
used to purchase a portion of the
crown and cap of the mountain so it
can be preserved as a natural area.
Novak said 89 acres was being
donated by the owner, Bill Kogel
mann of Oak Hall, with the stipula
tion that the Conservancy purchases
the remaining 120 acres.
"Because development is gro
wing . . . we really have to buy it to
protect it," Novak said.
He added that theAand would prob
ably be clear-cut for timber if it was
not preserved.
"We want to preserve it just like it
was when the Indians were there,"
Novak said.
The Lion's Paw alumni association
currently owns 537 acres of the moun
tain, said John A. Brutzman, a mem
ber and former director of Lion's
Paw.
An additional 32.78 acres was pur
chased by the Conservancy in 1981,
Novak said.
Novak said 650 letters were sent to
Lion's Paw members this summer
asking for contributions to the fund.
The alumni responded with donations
totaling $7,500.
To date, the conservancy has
raised $20,000, he added.
"We're asking everyone to get in
volved," Novak said.
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He said the fund-raising is aimed at
students, faculty, local residents and
businesses. The conservancy also
hopes to conduct a fund-raising event
in the future, but plans have not been
finalized, he said.
"We're hoping the students will get
involved," Novak said. "If every
student would donate one dollar, we
would have $35,000 and be half way to
our goal."
Novak added that any student who
climbed the mountain can appreciate
the need to preserve it.
Brutzman said, "We think it would
be a shame if it was timbered or if it
was ever developed for residences.
We feel it should be preserved as a
symbol of Penn State."
Kogelmann said, "It's a landmark
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here. Once civilization encroaches, it
will be lost forever."
Kogelmann, who completed his
masters degree in mining engi
neering at the University in 1964,
lives at the base of the mountain.
The Mount Nittany Conservancy
was formed in the late 1970 s in re
sponse to increasing threats to the
mountain's natural beauty, Novak
said.
According to legend, the mountain
was the home of Indian princess Nit-
A-Nee which means "windbreaker."
The princess fell in love with a brave
who was later killed in battle after the
protective shield she had given him
was stolen.
The maiden found her lover's body
and built a burial mound over it.
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