DOCSLIB.ORG

Vistas 0910.Indd

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Vistas 0910.Indd A publication of Allegheny Land Trust Fall 2010 From the Sycamore Island Recommendations Executive Presented at Public Meeting Director Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) held a meeting at the Sylvan CONSERVING Canoe Club on September 9 to share the preliminary findings LAND… and recommendations of the Sycamore Island Management Plan. PRESERVING Recommendations focus on providing safe, interesting and COMMUNITY educational access for the public that does not harm the unique island habitat. Preliminary recommendations include: ALT’s approach to • Enhance habitat to protect over 100 birds including 30 accomplishing our mission species of breeding birds including regionally rare Carolina involves education, legislation chickadee and willow flycatcher (PA Wildlife Action Plan and acquisition. Species of Maintenance Concern), and promote greater Green space is as critical to diversity and abundance of migrant songbirds. the health and function of a • Address lack of amphibians and reptiles by improving community as libraries, roads, breeding habitat and protect island banks where the schools, commercial centers, unique spiny softshell turtle has been found. housing and other amenities. • Limit public access with one canoe/kayak landing and one ALT brings a conservation- low–impact public trail open during specific times of the centric perspective to year to protect habitats particularly for migratory birds, community land planning, over 30 species of fish and vulnerable freshwater mussels meaning that growth and “Sycamore Island”, continued on page 2 development should respond to the landscape rather than the More Inside: landscape being altered to What is this? accommodate growth. 2…Welcome new Board Green space should not be a Members token afterthought in a 3…Out in the Field municipality’s future planning but the foundation of natural 4 and 5...About ALT Conservation Areas infrastructure that supports a community’s distinctive 6...Tributes to John character, helps manage Hamm and David stormwater and provides respite Pencoske for humans and habitat for 7…Mt. Washington wildlife…just to list a few of the update and Recent public benefits of green space. Activities Specifically, we educate 8…Upcoming Events people about conservation options and the bounty of public benefits green space provides; Do you know what these promoting and supporting local are and why they are white? See page 5 to find See “From the Executive Director”, out! page 7 WOULD YOU LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALT’S PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS? Welcome New Board Members At the July meeting, Allegheny Land Trust’s Board I would like to welcome Ray Parker, Carl Prutting unanimously appointed three wonderful Directors to the and Damon Weiss, to the Board who were elected Board: Ray Parker, Carl Prutting and Damon Weiss. to 2010-2013 terms. I believe they are each going Ray Parker is a founding partner of Williams to bring valuable contributions to ALT’s Coulson Johnson Lloyd Parker & Tedesco, LLC. Ray is Development, Communications and Project a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Committees, as well as providing strong input at Counsel, has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America the Board level. I appreciate the service of these since 2006 and Pennsylvania Directors and what they will bring to ALT’s future Super Lawyers since 2005. success. He is a graduate of West Phil Brooks, ALT Board Chairman Virginia University College of help hold back the building of a tree museum, and even Law, where he was an editor of more, the paving of paradise.” The Law Review and a member of Damon Weiss is a Professional Engineer with the Order of the Coif. He Pennoni Associates, specializing in water resources, site/ continues to be affiliated with his civil design, GIS and advanced infrastructure law school as an adjunct faculty management. He became familiar with Allegheny Land member. He received his Trust over the past several years through his involvement undergraduate degree from in Three Rivers Wet Weather (3RWW) and the Allegheny College. Ray lives in Ray Parker Pennsylvania Environmental Fox Chapel with his wife Elsa. Council, where he is an active Carl Prutting is a tenured communications executive participant in the Storm Water working mostly in the television industry. He is currently Advisory Panel and the Green with KDKA-TV & WPCW-TV. Originally starting as a Infrastructure Network. “As I reporter for a radio station, Carl switched to the became more involved in green marketing side of broadcasting having held positions in infrastructure design and came to New Orleans, New York and the better understand our region’s water New England area and joined resources issues and policies,” says KDKA in 1994. Carl has both his Damon, “I came to realize that land Bachelor and Master degrees Damon Weiss conservation may be the ultimate from the University of Hartford form of green infrastructure. What in Hartford, Connecticut. He impressed me about ALT was the fact they seemed to and his wife Kathleen have four realize this too, incorporating the theme of water directly children as well as two St. into their Strategic Plan.” Damon lives in Churchill with Bernard dogs and live in Allison his wife, Jeanine, and two children, Jett and Zaden. Park. Carl says that Joni Mitchell Special thanks to our four outgoing Directors Carl Prutting best describes why he was interested in coming on board Bill Bates, Jerry DeRosa, Ann Morrison and Ron with ALT, “They paved paradise; they put up a parking lot... Schipani for their service. Their outstanding They took all the trees; they put ‘em in a tree museum. They leadership shaped Allegheny Land Trust in ways too great to measure. Thank you, Bill, charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘em.” He Jerry, Ann and Ron for your commitment to ALT. says, “Those words have always stuck with me, and I’m Roy Kraynyk, ALT Executive Director too cheap to pay $1.50 to go see a tree. So maybe I can “Sycamore Island”, continued from page 1 including the three horn wartyback that was not • Do not remove larger man-made structures known to exist in the Allegheny River prior to the (swimming pool, sunken barge) that have become recent survey. wildlife habitat. Reuse existing structures to educate • Enhance rare hardwood riparian/floodplain forest visitors and perhaps create habitat. (Sycamore and Cottonwood trees) to encourage Execution of these recommendations will require time nesting of Bald Eagle and Osprey and other raptors and volunteers. If you are interested in becoming a site and remove competing non-native plants impeding steward for Sycamore Island, contact Emilie Cooper at native tree growth. [email protected]. BLAWNOX • CHARTIERS • ELIZABETH • FINDLAY • FORWARD • LIBERTY • LINCOLN • MONROEVILLE • MOON • NORTH FAYETTE • PINE • PITTSBURGH 2 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ALLEGHENYLANDTRUST.ORG OUT IN THE FIELD… The North Area Environmental Council (NAEC) and Let’s Venture Outdoors Friends of North Park had two stewardship work days cleaning up various dumps located in the Irwin Run Allegheny Valley in late May. Land Trust partnered with outdoor excursion company Venture Outdoors (VO) to explore in detail some of the ALT conservation areas. At our first outing, a number of willing learners took to Lowries Run Slopes for a Tree Identification Lesson—learning unique characteristics of Western PA trees. Participants learned to identify the “burnt cornflakes looking” bark of the black cherry tree to the fragrant scent of the understory spicebush. In coming months, ALT and VO will paddle to Sycamore Island and venture to Wingfield Pines for more outdoor learning. If you would like to join us, go to www.alleghenylandtrust.org. ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST OFFICERS CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT Stewardship Notes and Philip L. Brooks TREASURER Upcoming Events David P. Myron VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP & FUNDRAISING B. Timothy Stanny CALL FOR SITE STEWARDS (OLD AND NEW) VICE PRESIDENT STEWARDSHIP Mary Beth Steisslinger • Have you been an ALT Site Steward? Please EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY Alan S. Miller contact Emilie to update your profile and VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH receive special information. Lynn L. Heckman VICE PRESIDENT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT • We are looking for MORE dedicated volunteers Thomas Browand VICE PRESIDENT GOVERNANCE to steward ALT Conservation Areas. Alan S. Miller VICE PRESIDENT HUMAN RESOURCES Sally K. Wade DEAD MAN’S HOLLOW DAY OF STEWARDSHIP DIRECTORS • Join ALT and the DMH Fellowship for a work William Baierl Kevin L. Jenkins Carl Prutting Ann Coburn Laurie Johnson Stephen Quick day at Dead Man’s Hollow Kevin J. Garber Robin Hummel-Johnson Madelyn A. Reilly Tim A. Haluszczak Patrick V. McShea John W. Ubinger, Jr. • Saturday October 16, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. John Inserra Brian C. O’Brien M. Damon Weiss • Meet at the Boston Trail Head of the Great Raymond P. Parker STAFF Allegheny Passage Roy Kraynyk, Executive Director Rhonda Madden, Director of Development • Trail clearing, trash pick-up and general Emilie Cooper, Stewardship Coordinator Leanne Bloor, Development & Operations Coordinator maintenance Jessica Stewart, Conservation Planner Designer, illustrator: Bernadette E. Kazmarski • Contact Emilie for more information at 409 Broad Street, Suite 206A, Sewickley, PA 15143 [email protected] or Phone: 412-741-2750, Fax: 412-741-3253 www.alleghenylandtrust.org 412.741.2750 Copyright © 2010 Allegheny Land Trust VISTAS is underwritten by an anonymous donor. Thank you! H • PLUM • ROBINSON • ROSS • SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS • SEWICKLEY HILLS • SOUTH FAYETTE • SOUTH STRABANE • UPPER ST. CLAIR • WHITE OAK 3 AALTLT CConseronservation Areas hen was the last time you visited your favorite ALT Property? To date, Allegheny WLand Trust has protected 1,500 acres in 21 municipalities. Our conservation areas provide benefits such as stormwater management to reduce flooding and the protection of our region’s scenic character and unique plant and animal habitats. But you’re also invited to enjoy these lands for hiking, wildlife observation and other similar activities.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • N N E W S L E T T E
    WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MUSHROOM CLUB n NEWSLETTERn Volume 16, Issue 2 MAY / JUNE 2016 16th Annual Lincoff Foray: President’s Message Saturday, September 24, 2016 RICHARD JACOB THE 16TH ANNUAL Gary Lincoff Foray will be held at The WPMC President Rose Barn in Allegheny County’s North Park. This year’s program will be a single-day event featuring Gary I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE Lincoff, author of the Audubon Guide to Mushrooms of North MorelHunters.com sightings map, in America, The Complete Mushroom Hunter, The Joy of Forag- anticipation of the first of this sea- ing, and many others. This year we are delighted to have as son’s morels. The first morel sighting our Guest Mycologist Dr. Nicholas Money, author of Mush- in our area at the end of March was rooms, The Triumph of the Fungi and Mr. Bloomfield’s Orchard: not on the MorelHunters website but The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds and Mycologists. on our Facebook Group page, reported by Bob Sleigh, host of Nik will present “The Birth, Life, and Extraordinary Death of WPMC’s Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of a Mushroom Spore.” In addition, WPMC President Richard the Parks on April 30. Bob wrote “Second time to find morels Jacob will present an update of our DNA barcoding program. in PA in March. If the weather holds, next weekend should be The day will include guided walks, mushroom identification the time to start some serious hunting.” Alas, the next week tables, a cooking demo with Chef George Harris, sales table, was cool, with snow on the ground and freezing temperatures authors’ book signing, auction and, of course, the legendary at night.
    [Show full text]
  • BACKPACKING Explore the Great Allegheny Passage with Us! We Will Pedal a Total of 30 Miles out and Back Along the GAP
    April – June 2017 Schedule VENTURE OUTDOORS TRAILHEAD Everyone Belongs Outdoors! Board of Directors Did You Know… Alice Johnston, Board Chair Venture Outdoors is a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit organization. We believe everyone Amanda Beamon, Vice Chair deserves the chance to experience how incredibly fun the outdoors can be, so we provide Darlene Schiller, Co-Secretary the gear, guidance and inspiration to make outdoor recreation part of people’s lives. Robert J. Standish, Co-Secretary Drew Lessard, Treasurer We believe everyone belongs outdoors! Todd Owens, Past Chair Abby Corbin Dennis Henderson David Hunt Support Venture Outdoors and Save with a Yearly Membership Lindsay Patross Go to ventureoutdoors.org/join-us or call 412.255.0564 x.224 to become a New or Marty Silverman Geoff Tolley Renewing Venture Outdoors Member. W. Jesse Ward Your Support Helps Venture Outdoors: David Wolf Membership Levels Student / Senior – $15 • Fund the outings and events that Staff Individual – $25 get you and your family outdoors year-round Joey–Linn Ulrich, Executive Director Dual – $35 Family – $50 • Enable underserved children to PROGRAM DEPARTMENT Trailblazer – $75 learn more about nature and the Lora Woodward, Director environment while developing Paddler – $100 Liz Fager, Community Program Manager outdoor recreation skills Jim Smith, Equipment and Facilities Manager Ranger – $125 Lora Hutelmyer, Youth Program Manager Steward – $250 • Turn volunteers into accomplished Jake Very, Custom Program Coordinator trip leaders while enhancing their Trustee – $500 Billy Dixon, Program Administrator leadership skills and safety training Ken Sikora, Head Trip Leader Specialist Pathfinder – $1,000 KAYAK PITTSBURGH Benefits to You Include: Vanessa Bashur, Director • Discounts on outings, Kayak Pittsburgh Mike Adams, Equipment and Training rentals and season passes Specialist • Shopping savings at Eddie Bauer DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS and Gander Mountain Donna L.
    [Show full text]
  • Newsletter Content
    VISTAS AN ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST PUBLICATION | 2017 Q1 Newsletter Content A YEAR IN REVIEW: 2016 2 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TEAM & DMH NEWS 3 DONOR RECOGNITION LIST, JOIN OUR BOARD 4-8 NOTES FROM THE LAND 9 EVENTS CALENDAR 10 MEET A STEWARD 11 2016: A Year to Remember by Chris Beichner | President & CEO We won’t soon forget 2016. Just looking at the infographic tells a ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST lot about our accomplishments over the past year. We were busy. 2016 IN REVIEW We accomplished a lot. We are happy with our results. But, the statistics do not tell the entire story, and we’re certainly not done reaching for our goals. Here are a few other ways that made 2016 4 NEW CONSERVATION OF 121 a year we won’t soon forget. AREAS ACRES In August 2016, ALT was officially notified of our national re-ac- protecting sequestering absorbing creditation status by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. Out of 1,700 land trusts nationwide, we are only one of 350 land CO2 trusts that are nationally accredited. The accreditation status sig- nifies to landowners, funders, and partners that we are committed 40,000 Trees 500,000 lbs 104M gal. of Carbon of Rainwater to a high standard of excellence in all aspects of our operations ALT’s volunteered donated and programming. We began our re-accreditation process in 2015, five years af- ter the original accreditation. It took us 18 months, five rounds of review, and more than 400 hours of time to complete the “audit” 574 5,039 $115,903 Volunteers Hours of In-Kind review of our communication, documentation, and decision pro- Investment cesses.
    [Show full text]
  • Rediscovering
    June 2011 REDISCOVERING... Community Connections Competitiveness Char-West Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan McKees Rocks Borough, Neville Township and Stowe Township TABLE OF CONTENTS | Acknowledgements .............................................. v Foreword ............................................................. xi Part 1: Overview .................................................. 1 Introduction ................................................... 3 Planning Approach and Process ................... 5 Public Participation ........................................ 7 Part 2: Foundations ............................................. 9 Opportunities and Challenges ..................... 11 Other Considerations .................................. 15 Part 3: Vision ..................................................... 19 Introduction ................................................. 21 Goals ........................................................... 21 Objectives ................................................... 22 Places to Grow ............................................ 22 Recommendations ...................................... 23 Future Land Use and Housing Plan ......... 24 Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy Plan ......................................................... 37 Business, Community and Economic Development Plan ................................... 61 Environment and Culture Plan ................. 85 Civic Amenities Plan ................................ 93 Places to Grow .....................................
    [Show full text]
  • An Allegheny Land Trust Publication Summer 2021
    NOTES FROM THE LAND COMMUNITY CONSERVATION WHERE ARE WE NOW? FUTURE OF OUR FORESTS Saving Green Space Together Our Projects in Action A Map of ALT Projects Study of Barking Slopes 2 4 8 12 VISTAn Allegheny Land Trust Publication SummerS 2021 VISTAS | 2021 SUMMER 1 notes FROM THE LAND: 303 Acres & the Hundreds of People Who Helped by Roy Kraynyk | VP of Land Protection & Capital Projects Children playing at Girty’s Woods in Reserve. Photo by Lindsay Dill. wo projects, 303 acres, 2.5 years, $3.8 million, and them to appreciate the value of locally-accessible green space. T 1,450 people is what ALT’s most recent land conserva- tion projects, Churchill Valley Greenway and Girty’s Woods, The 155-acre Girty’s Woods Conservation Area in Reserve represent. Township is one of our larger purchases in recent years. What makes Girty’s Woods unique is how close this much unde- There were several nail-biting moments and many sleepless veloped green space is to the city; it is approximately 3 miles nights along the way for ALT staff and grassroots organizers upstream from The Point on the Allegheny River. Unique who were closely engaged when both of these projects were in views of the city’s skyscrapers are available from the well-used jeopardy due to funding gaps and necessary contract exten- trails that meander over ridges and down slopes into the dense- sions. Fortunately, sellers of the lands provided the extensions ly-populated streets of Millvale. The value of this green space to that ALT needed.
    [Show full text]
  • Elections Board Unanimously Approves Proposal for Additional Offices Secure, Accessible Sites to Provide Over-The-Counter Voting, Return of Voted Ballots
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amie M. Downs September 17, 2020 412-350-3711 (office) 412-327-3700 (cell) [email protected] Elections Board Unanimously Approves Proposal for Additional Offices Secure, Accessible Sites to Provide Over-the-Counter Voting, Return of Voted Ballots PITTSBURGH – The Board of Elections today unanimously approved a proposal in which the Elections Division will open additional offices on specific dates and times leading up to the November 3 election. Each office will provide opportunity for voters to provide over-the-counter voting, and the return of voted ballots to a fully-staffed, secure office. The planned board offices and hours are as follows: Saturday, October 10 – Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM Sunday, October 11 – Hours: 11 AM to 7 PM • County Office Building • • County Office Building • North Park Ice Rink • North Park Ice Rink • South Park Ice Rink • South Park Ice Rink • DPW Garage # 2 (Carnegie) • DPW Garage # 2 (Carnegie) • CCAC Homewood • CCAC Homewood Saturday, October 17 – Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM Sunday, October 18 – Hours: 11 AM to 7 PM • County Office Building • • County Office Building • South Park Ice Rink • South Park Ice Rink • CCAC South • CCAC South • Boyce Park Ski Lodge • Boyce Park Ski Lodge • Shop ‘n Save Hill District • Shop ‘n Save Hill District Saturday, October 24 – Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM Sunday, October 25 – Hours: 11 AM to 7 PM • County Office Building • • County Office Building • Boyce Park Ski Lodge • Boyce Park Ski Lodge • CCAC South • CCAC South • CCAC Allegheny • CCAC Allegheny • North Park Ice Rink • North Park Ice Rink Elections Division Manager also reported that the county has enough residents who have either previously served or have volunteered to serve as a poll worker to fully staff the 1,323 polling places.
    [Show full text]
  • Transfer of Development Rights Feasibility Study City of Pittsburgh Neighborhood Analysis Report with Notes on Allegheny County June 30Th, 2019
    Transfer of Development Rights Feasibility Study City of Pittsburgh Neighborhood Analysis Report With notes on Allegheny County June 30th, 2019 Contents of Report Executive Summary ........................................................... 5 Introduction ..........................................................................................................5 Purpose ................................................................................................................6 Process ................................................................................................................6 Results .................................................................................................................7 Conclusions and Next Steps ..................................................................................9 Introduction ................................................................... 10 Background .................................................................... 10 What is Transfer of Development Rights? ............................................................. 10 (Figure 1) Transfer of Development Rights Concept Diagram .................................................................................. 11 (Figure 2) Illustration of Implemented Transfer of Development Rights Project....................................................... 11 Why is it important to the greater Pittsburgh region? ............................................ 12 (Figure 3) Allegheny County Property Assessments June 2019; Vacant
    [Show full text]
  • BOYCE PARK Prepared for the Allegheny County Parks Foundation January, 2016
    ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND ACTION PLAN BOYCE PARK Prepared for the Allegheny County Parks Foundation January, 2016 FOREWORD With nine parks encompassing over 12,000 acres, Allegheny County boasts one of the largest regional park systems in the country. An array of abundant recreational Board of Directors activities makes each park a unique destination. Nature is the common thread that James Mitnick (chair) connects our parks and is our most treasured asset. The abundant resources found Ellen Still Brooks (vice chair) in our parks’ forests, meadows and streams provide vital habitat for flora and fauna Rick Rose (treasurer) that clean our air and water, pollinate our plants and connect the web of life. We are Sally McCrady (secretary) stewards of these natural sanctuaries and are working to protect them for future Tom Armstrong generations. Chester R. Babst, III Andy Baechle Bill Bates In 2015, the Allegheny County Parks Foundation together with the Allegheny Carol R. Brown County Parks Department launched a systematic evaluation of natural resources G. Reynolds Clark and ecological assets in the parks beginning with Boyce Park. We partnered with The Honorable John DeFazio the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) to conduct the first Ecological Karen Wolk Feinstein Assessment and Action Plan to provide a framework for project implementation to The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald protect, preserve and improve the environmental health of the park. Pat Getty Jonathan Kersting Using state-of-the-art mapping and data collection techniques and on-the-ground Nancy Knauss field observations, WPC staff identified several plant species in Boyce Park that John Mascaro, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • North Park Trail Mapping Rachel Carson Trail Challenge
    Fall 2008 Volume 8, Issue 2 P.O. Box 35 Warrendale, PA 15086-0035 www.rachelcarsontrails.org [email protected] North Park Trail Mapping By Marian Crossman Inside This Issue We are fortunate to have Allegheny County Parks Director Andy North Park Trail Mapping 1 Baechle as a strong proponent of trails. He needs to have all Rachel Carson Trail Challenge 1 the trails mapped in order to determine any future trail Baker Trail Update 2 building plans. Numerous groups share this interest, since the Baker Trail UltraChallenge 2 trails are multi-use. Event Calendar 4 To that end, the county is in the process of mapping the trails in North Park. Work began slowly due to the extensive old trail 935-9293) who did a lot of vine cutting. Mike would be pleased network, the difficulty locating all the approved routes, the to meet up with others with a keen interest in North Park trails, need to cut away invasive vines, and a minimal volunteer who don’t mind cooler weather and have the energy to turnout. It began in September with a small group of hikers, accomplish something with their outdoor time. and has continued throughout the fall. This is an opportunity for anyone interested in trails to have an Major help came from Brian DelVecchio who has succeeded in impact in salvaging some of the ‘lost’ public trails already within finding volunteers for North Park trail blazing. Brian serves as the park. You don’t have to get your workout on the roadside a member of the Friends of North Park, acting to assist the going around the lake to be on a known trail.
    [Show full text]
  • North Park Lake Area Master Plan Allegheny County, PA
    Prepared for: Allegheny County Parks Foundation 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 525 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.281.5595 North Park Lake Area Master Plan Allegheny County, PA April 2012 Prepared by: GAI Consultants, Inc. 385 East Waterfront Drive Homestead, PA 15120-5005 412.476.2000 Prepared for: Allegheny County Parks Foundation 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 525 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.281.5595 North Park Lake Area Master Plan Allegheny County, PA April 2012 Prepared by: GAI Consultants, Inc. 385 East Waterfront Drive Homestead, PA 15120-5005 412.476.2000 North Park Lake Area Master Plan — Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROJECT FUNDING FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS County of Allegheny The Community Allegheny County Parks Foundation • Friends of North Park • Colcom Foundation • Park User Groups • Hillman Foundation • Individual Park Users • Richard King Mellon Foundation Local Government PROJECT COMMITTEE • The Office of Senator Orie Andy Baechle – Allegheny County Parks • Town of McCandless Gil Coda – Allegheny County Public Works • Township of Hampton Christine Fulton – Allegheny County Parks Foundation • Township of Pine Clarence Hopson – Allegheny County Parks Tom Mulroy – Allegheny County Parks Foundation County of Allegheny Joseph Olczak – Allegheny County Public Works • Allegheny County Economic Development Ron Schipani – Allegheny County Parks Foundation • Allegheny County Council Don Schmitt – Allegheny County Parks • Allegheny County Parks Department • Allegheny County Public Works Department MASTER PLAN CONSULTANTS
    [Show full text]
  • 5.0 Park-Specific Recommendations
    ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN 5.0 Park-Specific Recommendations The nine parks comprising the Allegheny County parks system are special landscapes that contain a diversity of natural and cultural resources while offering a range of activities and programs to the public. Based upon the analysis of existing conditions and assessment of future needs summarized in Chapter 2.0 and the policy framework presented in Chapter 3.0, this chapter identifies specific action recommendations for each park. The proposed actions apply the system-wide recommendations in Chapter 4.0 regarding facilities, programs, infrastructure, and resources at the park level. Comprehensive in nature, they are designed to provide guidance for the long-term management and development of each park. For the purposes of developing a capital improvements program, a more focused list of priority projects for each park has been developed for implementation over a five to ten-year timeframe, along with order-of-magnitude cost estimates for the improvements. This information is presented in Section 6.2 and Appendix B. For planning purposes, the park-specific recommendations are organized according to distinct geographic subareas within each park. These subareas were defined by analyzing existing use patterns in the parks against the existing resource base. Each subarea has been assigned a name and a code that is indicated on the Conceptual Master Plan maps included in this chapter. (For example, the “Park Gateway” zone in North Park is shown as “NP1.”) Certain of the recommendations apply at the level of the park as a whole rather than the smaller subareas.
    [Show full text]
  • Parks, Open Space and Greenways Plan
    CHAPTER 4 PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND GREENWAYS PLAN I TODAY’S CONDITIONS I Educational benefits – providing outdoor classrooms for children and adults. Across the nation, easy access to parks and open space I has become a new measure of community wealth – an Health benefits – increasing opportunities for exercise important way to attract businesses and residents by and reducing stress. guaranteeing both healthy communities and economic health. Recent research indicates that the health outcomes of individuals are determined to a large degree by the DEFINITIONS environments in which they live. According to the Center for Healthy Communities, environmental factors unrelated The following definitions are provided for the purposes of this to the health care delivery system – like air and water quality Plan. Some types of facilities, such as trails, may fit more than and access to parks and recreation – are vital to a healthy one definition. life. Businesses are free to shop for an appealing location and today, according to the Trust for Public Land, prefer Conservation Areas: open spaces, primarily undeveloped communities with a high quality of life, including an land, that have the specific purpose of protecting natural abundance of open space, nearby recreation and resources. pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods. DCNR: the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Parks, open space and greenways provide a variety of benefits that contribute to livable communities Greenways: corridors of open space that serve to link including economic, environmental, recreational, natural resource-based or manmade features. Greenways educational and heath benefits. may incorporate both public and private property and be either land- or water-based.
    [Show full text]