The Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape (LHCL) is an initiative of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources designed to address conservation and economic development through outdoor recreation and heritage tourism on a large landscape scale. The LHCL includes Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland Counties. PEC serves as the external lead to the LHCL working with partners from across disciplines and organizations such as land trusts, conservation districts, heritage organizations, visitors bureaus, watershed associations, chapters of Trout Unlimited, county offices and beyond.