LAND
ACQUISITION|
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AMD
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RECREATION received
since 1995
LAND ACQUISITION
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2005
Recipient of a land acquisition grant from the Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to acquire 5.8 acres
of land adjacent to the Kane Woods.
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2004
Wal-Mart gave the conservancy two grants totaling $1500 for Kane Woods tree planting and land acquisition.
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2001
The Pittsburgh Foundation gave the conservancy a grant of $50,000 for land
acquisition. It was used to match the Growing Greener Grant.
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2001
The Scott Conservancy received a $474,000 Growing Greener Grant from Pennsylvania
for land acquisition.
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2001
The Laurel Foundation gave the conservancy a grant of $40,000 to be used to match the Growing Greener Grant for land acquisition.
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IMPROVEMENT
ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE (AMD)
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2001
Awarded an
additional grant of $100,000 from the EPA for further
remediation at the Scrubgrass site. Work began in the
Spring of 2001.
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1999
The
Scott Conservancy obtained an additional grant for $50,000
from the DEP to install a mechanical aeration system to
increase the efficiency of the procedure at the Scrubgrass Run
AMD site.
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1995
Scrubgrass Run
Abandoned Mine Drainage Project:
The original Grant for the Scrubgrass Run Abandoned Mine
Drainage (AMD) project was obtained in 1995 from the
DEP. The grant was for $62,000. Additional
funding for the project was obtained from Scott Township, the
Office of Surface Mining, The Scott Conservancy, and the Heinz
Endowments.
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RECREATION
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2007
The Pennsylvania Organization of Watersheds and Rivers
(POWR)
gave us a grant of $2000 to use for a canoe sojourn on Chartiers Creek.
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2006
The Pennsylvania Organization of Watersheds and Rivers
(POWR)
gave us a grant of $2000 to use for a canoe sojourn on Chartiers Creek.
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2005
The Pennsylvania Organization of Watersheds and Rivers
(POWR)
gave us a grant of $1500 to use for a canoe sojourn on Chartiers Creek.
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