The March Catalyst newsletter from the Butler County-based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition highlights beavers at Jennings Environmental Center and the April 29 trash cleanup organized by the Aultmans Watershed Association in Indiana County.

Beavers At Jennings

If you visit Jennings Environmental Education Center in Slippery Rock this month, you just might be lucky enough to spot a beaver or two! The resident beavers have been very “busy” living up to their name descriptor, and it’s very easy to see fun beaver evidence even if you don’t see any of the beavers themselves.

Beavers moved into a small valley near a common hiking trail at Jennings around 15 years ago and created the upstream wetland area that has remained since then. This productive wetland habitat has been very beneficial to many other mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds.

Aultmans Watershed

AWARE is organizing a trash pickup at Reeds Run Restoration Area on Saturday, April 29th from 10 AM to 2 PM. All help will be greatly appreciated!

The previous trash pickups held last year at Reeds Run were a great success, with close to half of the site’s trash removed and almost all of the tires picked up as well.  Trash has likely been accumulating at this old mine site for the last 40 years.

Kids Catalyst

This month’s Kids Catalyst is a Busy Beaver Fun Facts Decoder.

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The Butler County-based Coalition was established in 1994 to restore land, water and wildlife resources in the Slippery Rock Watershed.

NewsClips - Cleanups:

-- UnionProgress.com: Litter League Games A Real Pick-Me-Up For Volunteers, Neighborhoods In Pittsburgh 

-- MyChesCo.com: Join 39th Darby Creek Watershed Cleanup April 15

-- Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week April 15-23, Volunteers Needed!

NewsClips - Watersheds:

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: $6 Million Game Commission/Ducks Unlimited Project Will Revive 1,600 Acres Of PA Wetlands

-- Bradford Era:  Reminder: Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed Restoration Thru April 28

-- LebTown: Lebanon County Conservation District Seeks Volunteers To Help Plant 800+ Trees In Millcreek Twp. April 11-13

-- TribLive: Tree Planting Planned In Leetsdale, Allegheny County April 29, Volunteers Needed

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel To Host Planting Of 1,000 Tree Seedlings For Arbor Day Weekend In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Linn Run Trout Study Results To Be Unveiled In Westmoreland County

-- The Express: Clinton County Conservation District, Volunteers To Stock Kettle Creek With Trout

-- Utilizing Rainwater And Gravity: A Guide To Rain Gardens

-- Observer-Reporter: Sinkhole From Abandoned Coal Mine Swallowing Pike Run In Daisytown, Washington County

Related Articles:

-- DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA Mine Reclamation, Pipeline Penalty Projects, Stormwater Planning, Watershed Restoration Grant Applications April 21 [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Announces Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program Grants Now Becoming Available Thru County Conservation Districts  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona   [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets May 3 Hearing On Proposed NPDES Stormwater Permit For Rutter's Store Next To Old Crow Mitigation Wetland In Huntingdon County  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Newsletter Highlights Beavers At Jennings Environmental Center, Aultmans Watershed Trash Cleanup April 29  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance, ORSANCO Host Congressional Day On The Hill June 13 To Educate Members Of Congress On Needs Of Ohio River Basin   [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Lenape Challenge April 29, Premier Adventure Race Experience  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Log Rafts And Raftsmen Once Ruled The Susquehanna River

[Posted: March 29, 2023]

4/3/2023