Controlling Litter and Illegal Dump sites
Watersheds throughout the country are inundated with illegal dumps, Sewickley Creek Watershed
is no different. Instead of properly disposing of unwanted items, many people will dispose of
their trash at old refuse piles, hillsides, or stream beds.
The Sewickley Creek Watershed Association participates in the Great PA Cleanup in April of
each year as well as local Association cleanups.
The Association, besides cleaning stream banks and stream beds, has focused their efforts on
illegal dumps and littered roadways near Youngwood and Armburst. In one cleanup, 135 bags of
trash, mattresses, bed springs and tires were collected. Other cleanups have yielded many dumpsters
of trash.
The cleanup activities are the cooperative efforts of the Association volunteers,
church groups, 4-H members,scouts, local residents, PA Clean Ways, PA Resources Council, Borough of
Youngwood and area merchants.
