The SCWA, in partnership with the Consolidated Coal Company (CONSOL), has agreed to purchase nearly 45 acres of land in the lower Sewickley Creek watershed near the town of Lowber. In a cooperative agreement "CONSOL has, in reality, practically donated the property to the watershed association," said Tom Keller, SCWA Executive Director. "We are able to purchase a key piece of property that will now allow us to build a passive wetlands treatment system to clean up the largest abandoned mine discharge in the lower watershed."
Fieldwork sometimes actually means working in a field, but in the case of students at Greensburg Salem Middle School, it means working in the woods. Teams of seventh graders spent part of their spring term designing and building the Lynch Field Nature Trail in the wooded area above the pool at Lynch Field in Greensburg. The nature trail is the most recent of the efforts undertaken by the Lynch Field Partnership Project (LFPP).
In 1998, Joe Stefko established the Game Commission College Student Internship Program in the Southwest Region. The pioneer interns were Dag Smalling from Westmoreland Community College [WCCC] and Maggie Stump from Allegheny Community College [ACCC]. The year 1999 found Mark Gritzer of WCCC, Holly Landy of the University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg Campus, and Karen Miller and Stephanie Nedzelski from ACCC working as Interns. We should give them a really big "THANK YOU" . However the biggest "THANK YOU" should be reserved for Joe Stefko.
It takes a lot of money to clean up the environment. Where does the money that we use to make all of the improvements that are needed in the watershed come from? It comes from many sources such as; dues, personal and business contributions, and grants. What are grants?
My name is Deb Simko and I am your intern at SCWA. I am a Seton Hill College student majoring in Entrepreneurial Management with a minor in Environmental Biology.
As such the Association shall use its resources to educate the citizens of the watershed as to sound environmental practices. In addition, the Association will seek out and cooperate with government agencies, interested organizations, businesses and individuals to implement programs to improve water quality and encourage proper land use.