Friday, September 16th, 2011
10th Annual Ohio River Watershed Celebration
Guest Author, Ryan Falcone, Southern Pennsylvania Commission
On Thursday, September 22, 2011, learn what is happening in your watershed. Network with watershed Organizations, private businesses and industry, government agencies, municipalities, educators, students and interested citizens that are creating the future today! Take advantage of the opportunity to attend a cruise along Pittsburgh’s three rivers for the 10th annual Ohio River Watershed Celebration (ORWC) hosted by the Gateway Clipper Fleet. The event is free and open to the public thanks to donations from many different sponsoring organizations.
The ORWC began in 2002 with 250 persons attending and has grown to over 700 participants (in 2010) on board the Gateway Clipper Fleet’s Majestic and Empress. The 2011 theme is “Our Rivers…Then and Now,” which will focus on how the three rivers that course through our region have shaped the people and events that have influenced this country. Significant milestones in our history can be traced back as the rivers changed from free flowing and wild to navigable, industrial corridors. And now, these once primarily utilitarian resources are being transformed into the life-blood of a new and more diverse and sustainable watershed. This cruise brings tributaries of commerce and industry, history and tourism, environmental stewardship, and recreation together to form a pathway to a vibrant future. A pathway where industrial and environmental concerns work together to foster mutual sustainability and where recreational and tourism advocates have open water to pursue new and evolving ways of adding value to this regions greatest asset….its watershed.
Click here to register for the event.
Click here to see the short film made about the event.
The Steeler Nation and the Watershed Movement
By Anne Daymut, Watershed Coordinator
Don’t let a lack of available grant funds discourage you from environmental projects, Wells Creek Watershed Association sure hasn’t. For the last five years, they have found a way to profit from football fans. How’s that you say? They raise over $2,500/year selling BBQ chicken on Superbowl Sunday! The proceeds are used to stock trout in Wells Creek.
Click Here to watch the video.
Well’s Creek Watershed Association is holding a work day on Saturday September 24, 2011, starting at 8:00am. They will be meeting in the parking lot across from Fitzie’s Pub in Listie, PA and then will carpool to their three AMD treatment systems to do general maintenance. A meeting and picnic lunch, furnished by Bob Bastian, will follow the work party. Everyone is welcome.