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Additional information on this topic provided below.
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The Chartiers Creek Nature Conservancy: Protecting a Pittsburgh's
Hidden Treasure
 oncerned
environmentalists established the Chartiers Nature Conservancy
in 1992 as a private, nonprofit corporation to study, promote,
and preserve the Chartiers Creek and its watershed, an area
that comprises approximately 277 square miles within Washington
and Allegheny Counties.
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ultimate endeavor of the Conservancy is to establish a "greenway"
along the Chartiers Creek from the point at which the creek
crosses from Washington County into Allegheny County to the
point at which the creek empties into the Ohio River. Because
the Chartiers Creek flows through several heavily populated
Pittsburgh area suburbs, the creek itself is an invaluable natural
corridor for wildlife migrating between the Ohio River and rural
Allegheny and Washington Counties. The Conservancy's formal
mission is to protect these undisturbed natural habitats along
the banks of the Chartiers Creek.
Links of Interest:
Be sure to check out the Watershed Weekly archives to view the
video "Washington County
Watershed Alliance" - which spotlights the Chartiers
Creek as one of the creeks studied by watershed groups in Washington
County.
The official site of the Chartiers Creek Conservancy.
Detailed information about the creek, the organization,
and about the nature trail.
Also, be sure to check out the following link to learn more
about the
River Conservation Plan for the Chartiers Creek.
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