Upcoming Events
Invasive Plant Control Project at Wingfield Pines
Saturday, July 25th
From 1 to 4 p.m. A CLS project in cooperation with Allegheny Land Trust (ALT).
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is pretty to look but one of the worst invaders of wetland habitat throughout the northeast. An escapee from cultivation, it has spread far and wide including Wingfield Pines and the Mayview (PennDOT) wetlands. Please join CLS and ALT volunteers in our first control effort at Wingfield Pines. We will be cutting and bagging flowers and digging plants, so it’s work that anyone who has ever gardened knows well. Bring hand clippers, a shovel and a friend or two and help with this ecological clean-up. Meet at 1 p.m. in the lower parking lot at Wingfield Pines.
For more information, call 412-831-3289 or e-mail . To learn more about invasive plants, visit the Plant Conservation Alliance or
the National Park Service.
CLS News
Jan Fleckenstein Receives Tracey Buckman
Stewardship Award
On November 18, 2008, Jan Fleckenstein received the Tracey Buckman Stewardship Award for 2008. This award is given annually to a person who has contributed in a significant way to the stewardship, care and nurturing of the natural environment. A willing explorer, teacher, organizer, cheerleader, past president, public spokesperson and current newsletter editor: Jan Fleckenstein has set the example for leading volunteer environmental monitoring activities in Upper St. Clair for many years.
Jan Fleckenstein (second from left), with Mary Lee Maloy, Alan Fleckenstein, and Tracey Buckman
Photo by Pam Burrett.
ALT Celebration
Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) has purchased the 7 acre property directly upstream of and adjacent to the existing Wingfield Pines conservation area in Upper St. Clair. CLS fund raising was an important part of this success.
Roy Kraynyk, Executive Director ALT; Mary Lee Maloy, President CLS; and Nancy J. and Paul H. Page
ALT had secured $52,000 in funding and needed to rapidly raise an additional $5,000 to purchase and protect this green space. CLS kicked off a Wingfield Pines Expansion fund raising with a very generous challenge gift. In memory of Betty Kerkhan, who was a member of both CLS and ALT, the Nancy J. and Paul H. Page family pledged $2,500. CLS member donations exceeded the challenge and raised an additional $4,355 for the purchase of the 7 acres and the continued maintenance and enhancement of the expanded Wingfield Pines conservation area. A celebratory picnic was held on the Wingfield property on September 28th. The celebration included removing the PRIVATE PROPERTY sign separating the new acreage from Wingfield Pines.
As well as expanding local green space available to the public for birding, hiking, dog walking and other outdoor activities, the Wingfield Pines expansion enhances the Chartiers Creek greenway providing water quality and flood protection. Again, ALT and CLS have worked together to protect our community's natural assets; a job well done!
CLS Honors Doug Watkins
On Saturday, May 3, 2008, CLS celebrated Doug Watkins’ 25 years of service to the Township and his work with CLS by holding a tree planting ceremony at Boyce Mayview Park.
Doug and Claire Watkins (sixth and seventh from left), Congressman Murphy (fifth from left), and members of the CLS board.
Doug and CLS worked together on the McLaughlin Run Streamside Stabilization Project to improve water quality and reduce flooding in McLaughlin Run and the Chartiers Creek watershed. He also gave his support for the CLS stewardship approach at Boyce Mayview Park which focuses on the worth and role of the natural lands resource conservation in our community. Doug supported and praised CLS’s work with the River Sweep project to keep our streams in USC clean and free of debris.
In honoring Doug, a Liriodendron tree, commonly known as a tulip poplar tree, native to our area was planted near the picnic pavilion at Boyce Mayview Park. The Watkins family and friends, Congressman Tim Murphy, USC Township staff, CLS Board of Directors and members attended the event.
REEC Events
The Regional Environmental Education Center in Boyce Mayview Park has a variety of events planned for the coming months. There is something for all interests and all ages. See the Events page at the REEC website, www.regionaleec.org, for details.
Weather
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