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Scott
Conservancy participates in the Great PA Cleanup, a state wide campaign
for Earth Day. Celebrated every year on Earth
Day, the event promotes worldwide awareness of the environment. This
year, set aside the morning of Saturday April 19th and/or the afternoon of Sunday,
April 20th and join your fellow conservancy members, community
volunteers and other Pennsylvanians across the state for the "Great
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On
Sunday, April 20th from Noon to 3 pm, Scott Conservancy will again be cleaning
up the Kane Woods Conservation Area. The meeting place for the
conservancy cleanup will be at the Whiskey Point Trailhead parking area
and newly constructed shelter on the corner of Main St. and Scrubgrass
Rd. across the street from the Veterans Bridge.
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Earth
Day is always a good time to stage a cleanup. And in Scott
Township we always have a lot to clean up. The conservancy is
restoring our Kane Woods property, so we can use a hand for clearing
debris and picking up trash.
With
a $5,000 grant from the PA Dept of Community & Economic Development
to help restore our land, the Kane Woods is becoming even more attractive
for public use.
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For the conservancy cleanup of
the Kane Woods on Sunday, we encourage volunteers to bring tools
like rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows,
pickaxes, saws, loppers and hand clippers. Besides picking up trash,
this will be an opportunity to do some much needed
trail care.
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This
year, Scott Township, for the first time ever, is sponsoring a township
wide clean-up of various roadways on Saturday, April 19th from 9 am
to noon. Please spread the word. Tell everyone you know about the event
and plan to join in the cleanup. We would really like this to become an
annual event, so that means we must have a GREAT turnout!
The
township has set aside 4 locations around the township for volunteers to
meet.
The
locations are:
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Saint
Simon and Jude Church, Greentree Road
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Our
Lady of Grace Church, Kane Blvd.
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Glendale
Fire Dept., Carothers Avenue
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Scott
Township Public Works Building on Old Greentree Rd. near the corner
of Lindsay and Greentree Roads
Township
Commissioners as well as members of the Scott Township Environmental
Advisory Council and the Conservancy will be at all sites to co-ordinate
volunteers.
We
suggest volunteers both days wear long sleeved shirts, long pants, and
sturdy shoes for the event. If possible, we would appreciate it if
volunteers can bring a bucket for the collection of sharp objects.
Gloves, trash bags, safety vests, and water will be provided.
Because
the township cleanup is along the roadways, children attending must be
12 or over and must be supervised by a parent taking steps to assure
their safety. Younger children may be brought to the conservancy
cleanup, but, again, they must be supervised closely by a parent willing
to take steps to ensure their safety and limit their participation.
This
is a unique opportunity to make a difference in your own neighborhood.
Your older children and teenagers especially can learn the
importance of their outdoor environment this Earth Day. Please plan to join us for either or both days.
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Visit our Cleanups Bulletin
Board to see more of our eager and hard-working volunteers in
action!
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The
Kane Woods
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The Scott Conservancy has taken down structures and is developing hiking trails on
our 44 acre property, the largest area of greenspace left in Scott Township.
The
land is around the perimeter of the old Kane
Hospital Buildings. It forms a circle around the hill where the
hospital used to be, making this an ideal area for trails.
We
need volunteers to blaze, mark and maintain trails and to help us clean
up the property. Please check our calendar for times or contact
Jane Sorcan 412-276-5820 or Don McGuirk 412-889-5999.
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We need
VOLUNTEERS to help build your trails
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Traffic
Circle at Greentree & Cochran
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The flower beds at the Greentree and Cochran Road Traffic Circle are highly
visible to the thousands of motorists traveling this very busy intersection each
day.
What a great way to highlight the efforts of the Scott Conservancy. Such
a visible statement that promotes environmental awareness! |
We need your volunteer help to keep those flower beds
weeded, mulched and looking beautiful.
It
takes a lot of work, so many hands are needed to make light work in the
spirit of true group effort. Please help us preserve this community asset.
Stop by on
one of the scheduled
planting/weeding days and give us a hand. |
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Feel the sense of
accomplishment
as you drive by and see the visible result of YOUR handiwork!
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Scrubgrass
AMD Treatment Site
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Although
the Scrubgrass
Run Abandoned Mine Drainage Project was conceived and constructed by
engineering professionals, the Scott Conservancy would also like to thank the
volunteers who donated their time to this project, for those who help spread the
word about our efforts to reduce the abandoned mine drainage
problem, and those
who educate the public by leading hikes through our facilities. Buy our
T-shirt dyed with the retrieved orange iron precipitate that has been recycled
into pigment !!!
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