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Acquired
and has placed 77 acres of green space in Scott Township under
protection
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Developed the Kane Woods Nature Area with walking trails
for community use
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Sponsors outdoor recreational events
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Works closely with municipal officials to ensure that
environmental issues are fully considered when development
and expansion occurs
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Maintains the smaller
traffic island at the corner of
Greentree and Cochran Roads and is partnering with Scott
Township and Mt. Lebanon to beautify the islands
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Created Scrubgrass Run Abandoned
Mine Drainage passive reclamation pond
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Works closely with other conservancies in the area and
with regional environmental initiatives
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Distributes a newsletter several times a year
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Maintains a
website and is on Facebook
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By
becoming a member or renewing your membership in the Conservancy you will help
us continue our work in the community. Please take a
few minutes to complete and return the membership
form if you have not already renewed for this year, or
to make changes to your existing information if you pay
thru PayPal. Additional donations are appreciated.
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consider a tax deductible donation or renewing your
membership to the Scott Conservancy through PayPal.
Donations are completely voluntary.
So if you can spare a dollar or two, it would be
greatly appreciated.
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The
Scott Conservancy
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Maintains the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scrubgrass AMD Reclamation
Pond, and the Traffic Circle at Greentree and Cochran
Roads. Our stewardship of these areas and our annual
fundraising and cleanup events are detailed on the other pages
in this website. Other community and recreation
activities that may be of interest to our members are listed below. Also
on this page are contact information for the Scott Conservancy
and links to other organizations that may be of interest to
you.
If
our environmental stewardship, land conservation, recreational
and community activities appeal to you, please consider joining The
Scott Conservancy today. If you are already a member,
please consider volunteering your time to help steward our land
and help organize our events and activities. Your support
keeps our trails open for the public.
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Each
year, The Scott Conservancy sponsors one or more special outings - be
sure to check our calendar for
updates. Whether
it be bird-watching, fishing, camping, hiking, or boating, it is
sure to be fun. Sometimes the outings are on our land or in our watershed, and sometimes
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HIKING
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With
56 acres of forest, consider a weekend hike of the Kane Woods Nature Area in Scott
Township. Enter the woods from the valley or the hill at one of four
trailheads
Bottom
of the hill: Whiskey Point Trailhead on the corner of
Scrubgrass & Main Streets, Scrubgrass Run Trailhead.
Top
of the hill: JCC Trailhead located at the rear of
the Jewish Community Center parking lot on Kane Blvd., or the Providence
Point Trailhead that's conveniently located for the residents of
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Kane
Woods Trailhead entrances are open to anyone wanting to walk the trails.
Explore our
trails on your own or with a group of friends. The trails are
color-coded and named, with colored metal signs on wooden posts clearly
marking trail intersections. Trail maps are available at the trailheads. If
you've never been on a Conservancy hike, consider joining us this year. We
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BIKING
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Come
out to the Panhandle Trail for a few miles of biking.
Join
the Ramblers at Walker's Mill station for a Panhandle Trail hike/bike |
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You'll
ride by quaint towns and scenic bridges as Robinson Run, a tributary of
Chartiers Creek, snakes along the Panhandle Trail. A trail
feasibility study has identified a potential new route through Scott
Township and adjacent municipalities (map) that could eventually link up
with the Panhandle Trail to improve and increase the region's hiking and biking
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CANOE
CHARTIERS CREEK
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Float
beneath quaint bridges that span stretches of tree-lined banks as you
navigate on Chartiers Creek toward the Ohio River. Churn your way through exciting
rapids below Canonsburg one moment, then round the bend to discover an
immense great blue heron rookery nested across 5 large sycamores. |

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Stop
off and explore Allegheny Land
Trust's Wingfield Pines Conservation Area and Upper St. Clair's Mayview
Wetlands. Indulge in a journey of contrasts as the primordial wilderness
snakes through an urban setting. Spring wildflowers splash steeply
forested hillsides while towns perch on creek banks overhead.
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The
upper watershed run is 12 miles and the lower watershed run is
12 miles, for a total of 24 miles of navigable run on Chartiers
Creek. Although the conservancy no longer sponsors canoe
trips due to insurance costs, some of our members like to
organize their own excursions. There
are several put-in and take-out points along the way for boaters
that want a short, quick run after work or on the
weekend.
The
upper watershed creek access points include Canonsburg at
Southpointe (put-in), ALT's Wingfield Pines (put-in/take-out),
Chartiers Park in Bridgeville (take-out above dam). The
lower watershed creek access points include Chem Tech building
off Washington Pike in Collier Township (put-in below dam)
Carnegie between Main St. and Mansfield Bridges (put-in/take
out) Sharp Edge Creekhouse in Crafton (put-in/take out),
McKees Rocks (take-out). You can also put-in at McKees Rocks for
a float on the Ohio River. |
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WW
II Bower Hill Memorial Rededicated
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For
a little over ten years now the Scott Conservancy has been putting to flight the
notion that the spirit of volunteerism is dead and we have all become a nation
of self-centered couch potatoes. Whether it's been landscaping a barren traffic
island, helping to clean our water of mine pollution, or leading hikes in the
Kane Woods, Conservancy members are making a difference in Scott Township.
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One
of those members, Judge John Brosky stepped up recently to volunteer his time
and considerable organizational and people skills to help preserve, refurbish,
and move to a new location a neglected, and deteriorating memorial to the World
War II veterans from Bower Hill.
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The Judge, during his remarks, said that freedom is
not free. The stars beside the names for four of the veterans on the memorial,
and all of the names on the memorial are a silent testimony to their sacrifice.
Maybe the next time you're driving by, you can stop to read the names, or leave
flowers at the memorial. Thanks to the efforts of the Judge, the memorial will
be there a long time, and the names will be remembered for a long time. God help
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After reading about the neglected memorial in
the "Scott Conservationist", and seeing that his good friend and
tipstaff Harry Volkhart was one of the names listed on the memorial, the Judge
sent a donation to the Conservancy to help with the restoration. But he didn't
stop there. He arranged with the County to have the memorial moved to a better
location on Kane Boulevard. He worked with Roger Gaydos of the Gaydos Memorial
Company to have the memorial refurbished and repolished.
Another of the Judge's
friends, Richard Thomas of the Richard L. Thomas Body Shop, furnished a crane
and the manpower to move the 2,300 pound memorial to its new site.
And he did
this all in about two months, in time to have the memorial rededicated on
Veteran's Day, November 11th.
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Over a hundred people gathered on that
day, making the rededication ceremony that the Judge organized one of the most memorable in some time.
Many of
those present were World War II veterans who came to remember their friends who served
this country so bravely and so well 60 years ago.
Their courage preserved our
freedom, and as we well know, Americans are still serving today to preserve that
freedom.
One of them, Air Force Colonel Alan Thompson, who attended
the re-dedication with the University of Pittsburgh color guard, was himself headed
overseas after the ceremony.
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Planting
Patty's Park
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The
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy designed the
island and provides the flowers and tools needed
for the planting.
Volunteers
can conveniently park at the end of the Flynn Tire
parking lot closest to the traffic island.
A
couple hours of work and your volunteer effort
results in a garden enjoyed by motorists,
including yourself, as you drive past throughout
the summer.
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Patty's
Park is a traffic island on the corner of Hope Hollow
and Route 50 across from Flynn's Tire. Although
the Scott Conservancy doesn't sponsor this garden,
conservancy members work together with township
volunteers and commissioners each spring to help
with the spring planting.
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MEMBERSHIP
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The Scott
Conservancy
P.O. Box 13067
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
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412-276-5300,
ext. 301
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scottconservancy@yahoo.com
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Officers
& Board of Directors
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Bob Gamble - President
Don McGuirk - Vice President
Margaret Grand - Secretary
Jane Sorcan - Treasurer
Keith
Breitenstein
Jim Hurst
Ed Fogarty
William Luxner
Bob Podurgiel
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Volunteers
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Deb Breitenstein - Newsletter editor
Robin Anthony - Website administrator
Gerri Ketler - Membership chair
Mary Pitzer
- Traffic Island chair
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Past
Presidents
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Jane Sorcan
Tom Cummins
Mary Elm
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In
Memoriam
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John Hamm
(served on
board 2003-2008)
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