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Conservation Directory WESTMORELAND COUNTY Conservation Directory People, Organizations and Agencies Dedicated to the Conservation, Restoration and Wise Use of Our County’s Natural Resources Published as a service by istrict December, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Elected Officials Ducks Unlimited ........................................ Page 17 County Commissioners ................................ Page 3 Friends of Murrysville Parks ......................... Page 17 Federal and State Legislators ........................ Page 4 Greensburg Garden Center ........................ Page 18 Westmoreland County Organizations Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful ........................ Page 18 Murrysville Trail Alliance ............................. Page 19 Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland ......................................... Page 5 PA Association of Municipal Authority of Conservation Districts, Inc. ......................... Page 19 Westmoreland County .................................. Page 5 Pennsylvania Association for Penn State Extension Sustainable Agriculture ............................... Page 20 Westmoreland County .................................. Page 6 PA Environmental Council .......................... Page 20 Redevelopment Authority Penn’s Corner Charitable Trust .................... Page 21 of the County of Westmoreland .................... Page 7 Pheasants Forever ...................................... Page 21 Westmoreland County Land Bank ................. Page 7 Powdermill Nature Reserve ......................... Page 21 Westmoreland Conservation District............Page 8-9 Regional Trail Corporation ......................... Page 22 Westmoreland County Agricultural Land Preservation ....................................... Page 9 Smart Growth Partnership .......................... Page 22 Westmoreland County Bureau Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited ........................ Page 23 of Parks and Recreation .............................. Page 10 Western PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Westmoreland County Department of Geographic Reclamation .............................................. Page 23 Information Systems ................................... Page 11 Western PA Conservancy.........................Page 24-25 Westmoreland County Department Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club .......... Page 25 of Planning and Development/Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation Westmoreland Cleanways ......................... Page 26 ................................................................. Page 11 Westmoreland Conservancy ....................... Page 26 Westmoreland County Department Westmoreland County Farm Bureau ............ Page 27 of Public Safety .......................................... Page 12 Westmoreland County Watershed Organizations Sportsmen’s League ................................... Page 27 Jacobs Creek Watershed Association ........... Page 13 Westmoreland Land Trust ........................... Page 27 Kiskiminetas Watershed Association ............ Page 13 Westmoreland Woodlands Loyalhanna Watershed Association ............. Page 13 Improvement Association ........................... Page 28 Mountain Watershed Association ................ Page 14 Wildlife Works, Inc. .................................... Page 28 Pucketa and Chartiers Creek Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Watershed Association ............................... Page 14 Saint Vincent College ................................. Page 28 Sewickley Creek Watershed Association ....... Page 15 Turtle Creek Watershed Association ............. Page 15 STATE AGENCIES PA Department of Environmental Environmental & Conservation Protection (DEP) - Harrisburg Offices Organizations Secretary of Environmental Protection .......... Page 29 Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania ... Page 16 Bureau of Watershed Mgt.-Waterways Botanical Society of Westmoreland County .. Page 16 Engineering & Wetlands ............................. Page 29 Conemaugh Valley Conservancy................. Page 17 Bureau of Clean Water ............................... Page 29 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Donohoe Center Campus, Greensburg Bureau of Conservation and Restoration ..... Page 30 PA Department of Agriculture (PDA) ... Page 37 Pittsburgh Offices PA Department of Conservation Air Quality Program ................................... Page 31 & Natural Resources (DCNR) Bureau of State Parks ................................. Page 38 Clean Water Program ................................ Page 31 Bureau of Recreation and Conservation ...... Page 38 Environmental Cleanup Program & Brownsfield Dev. Program ....................... Page 31 Topographic and Geologic Survey .............. Page 39 Office of Energy & Technology Bureau of Forestry ...................................... Page 39 Deployment ............................................... Page 31 PA State Conservation Commission ..... Page 40 Oil & Gas Management Program ............... Page 31 PA Department of Transportation ........ Page 41 Safe Drinking Water Program ..................... Page 32 PA Fish and Boat Commission .............. Page 41 Waste Management Program ..................... Page 32 PA Game Commission ........................... Page 42 Waterways & Wetlands Program - Conservation, FEDERAL AGENCIES Restoration & Inspection Section.................. Page 32 Waterways & Wetlands Program - Permitting United States Department & Tech. Services Section .............................. Page 33 of Agriculture (USDA) New Stanton Office APHIS—Wildlife Services ............................. Page 43 Air Quality Control Program ....................... Page 34 Farm Service Agency .................................. Page 43 District Mining Operations .......................... Page 34 Natural Resources Conservation Oil & Gas Management Program ............... Page 34 Service ...................................................... Page 44 Waste Management Program ..................... Page 35 Rural Development .................................... Page 44 United States Army Corps of Engineers Page 45 California Office United States Department of Energy ... Page 45 Waterways & Wetlands Program ................. Page 35 United States Fish & Wildlife Service ... Page 46 Ebensburg Office United States Forest Service ................. Page 46 Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation .... Page 36 2 (l-r) Westmoreland County Commissioners Ted Kopas, Gina Cerilli, and Charles Anderson Westmoreland County Commissioners Courthouse Square, Suite 101 Commissioner Charles Anderson Secretary 2 North Main Street 724-830-3104 Greensburg, PA 15601 [email protected] Phone: 724-830-3106 Commissioner Gina Cerilli FAX: 724-830-3029 Chairman Website: www.co.westmoreland.pa.us 724-830-3101 [email protected] Commissioner Ted Kopas Vice Chairman 724-830-3102 [email protected] 3 Federal and State Legislators U. S. SENATORS PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE Robert P. Casey Jr. OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Senator Bob Brooks 412-803-7370 724-387-1281 casey.senate.gov [email protected] Pat Toomey Frank Dermody U.S. Senator 724-274-4770 412-803-3501 [email protected] toomey.senate.gov George Dunbar U. S. CONGRESSMEN 724-744-0305 [email protected] Mike Doyle U.S. Representative Eric Nelson 412-390-1499 724-834-6400 doyle.house.gov [email protected] John Joyce Joseph A. Petrarca Jr. U.S. Representative 724-567-6982 814-656-6081 [email protected] johnjoyce.house.gov Mike Reese Guy Reschenthaler 724-423-6503 U.S. Representative [email protected] 724-219-4200 reschenthaler.house.gov Justin Walsh 724-542-0349 [email protected] Ryan Warner 724-437-1106 [email protected] PENNSYLVANIA SENATE James R. Brewster 412-380-2242 [email protected] Joe Pittman 724-327-2422 [email protected] Patrick Stefano 724-626-1611 [email protected] Kim Ward 724-600-7002 [email protected] 4 WESTMORELAND COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland (EGC) Administrative Assistant Jim Kunkel Fifth Floor, Suite 510 Janet Foster Ralph Liberatore 40 North Pennsylvania Avenue [email protected] Thomas F. McKee, Jr. Greensburg, PA 15601 Board Members Jennifer Miele Phone: 724-830-3604 Chad Amond David Mohnkern Email: [email protected] Peter Cooper Pat O’Brien www.egcw.org Bruce Corna Dr. Christine Oldham Terry Daughenbaugh Dr. Gennaro Piraino, Jr. President & CEO Dr. Mary Finger Paul Puleo James L. Smith Lee M. Frye Jason Rigone [email protected] Ronald Frye Rob Ritson Business Development Officer Terri Grabiak Jim Sammarone Greg Daigle Br. Norman Hipps Bill Scalise [email protected] Joseph Hohman Dr. Sharon Smith Dr. Kevin Snider Executive Assistant Kevin Jansma Tina Petroy Richard Kacin Edward A. Sobata [email protected] Marcy J. Karasek Dr. Tuesday Stanley Dr. William Kerr, Ed. D. Stacy Winfield Accountant Jason Yuhas George App Ed Kilkeary, Sr. [email protected] John P. Kline Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC) “Provides potable water service to more than 120,000 residential, 124 Park and Pool Road commercial and industrial customers, in five counties, including New Stanton, PA 15672 Westmoreland, Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette and Indiana. Phone: 724-755-5800 Also, MAWC provides wastewater services to more than 24,000 Website: www.mawc.org customers in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.” Resident Manager Business Manager Board Members Michael F. Kukura Brian Hohman Chairman, Randy Roadman 724-755-5880 724-755-5813 [email protected] [email protected] Vice Chairman, Dr. Jawdat Nikoula Assistant Manager Manager of Operations Secretary, Jerome
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