Local Links for Biodiversity—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Environmental and Conservation Organizations:

Allegheny Group, Sierra Club
P.O. Box 8241
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Phone: 412-561-0203
www.alleghenysc.org
Organized in the early 1970s, the Allegheny Group's first projects involved legal battles to oppose the granting of strip mining permits, which threatened irreplaceable local water supplies. It also fought, both in and out of court, to protect the Clarion River from pulp-mill wastes. Currently, the group is most active in air and water pollution-related issues.

The Allegheny Defense Project
P.O. Box 245
Clarion, PA 16214
Phone: 814-223-4996
www.alleghenydefense.org
This activist organization is comprised of scientists, environmentalists, economists, students, and organizations who work to protect and restore the native forest of the Allegheny Plateau.

Allegheny Land Trust
1901 Glen Mitchell Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone: 412-749-4882
www.greenworks.tv/efp/A_Land_Trust.htm
The Allegheny Land Trust preserves biodiversity and open space, including scenic views, recreation areas, and farmland, by acquiring land and supporting the conservation efforts of landowners, communities, local governments, and nonprofit organizations.

Allegheny Watershed Network
64 South 14th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: 412-481-9400
www.prc.org/envposs/watednet.html
This network is a Pennsylvania Environmental Council project that was formed to encourage information exchange among citizen groups and government agencies within the Allegheny River watershed and to encourage collaboration on watershed protection and enhancement activities.

Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
614 Dorseyville Road
Pittsburgh PA 15238
412-963-6100
www.aswp.org
The local chapter of the national organization, this group features public access nature reserves, a nature center, and environmental education programming for local schools as well as the general public.

Botanical Society of Western PA
5837 Nicholson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
home.kiski.net/~speedy/b1.html
With a membership base made up of amateurs and professionals, the Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania links people interested in botany and encourages general knowledge of plants as well as the study of this science.

Chartiers Nature Conservancy
P.O. Box 44221
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
Phone: 412-922-0155
www.trfn.clpgh.org/cnc
The CNC preserves, protects, and restores lands of natural, social, historical, recreational, and aesthetic value within and adjacent to Pittsburgh's Chartiers Creek watershed.

Creek Connections
Box 10, Allegheny College
Meadville, PA 16335
Phone: 814-332-5351
creekconnections.allegheny.edu
Creek Connections has forged effective partnerships between Allegheny College and regional K-12 schools to turn waterways in Northwest Pennsylvania, Southwest New York, and the Pittsburgh area into outdoor environmental laboratories. Emphasizing a hands-on, inquiry based investigation of local waterways, this project annually involves over 40 different secondary schools as well as more than 50 teachers and their classes.

Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania
606 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 800-248-3355
www.girlscouts-wpa.org/gsswpa/i_gsswpa_about.html
Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania, a chartered council of the Girl Scouts of the USA, has served girls between the ages of 5 and 17 for more than 75 years. Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania currently operates four camp properties located throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania and one in Northern West Virginia.

Greater Pittsburgh Council, Boy Scouts of America
1275 Bedford Avenue
Flag Plaza
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3699
Phone: 412-471-2927
www.gpc-bsa.org
Headquartered in America's most unique Boy Scout Service Center, Flag Plaza, the Greater Pittsburgh Council is made strong by dynamic volunteers, excellent facilities, and a rich tradition of superior scouting programs.

The Green Design Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone: 412-268-6218
www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign
The Green Design Initiative promotes environmentally conscious engineering, product and process design, manufacturing, and architecture.

Nature Observer News
432 Olympia Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15211
Phone: 412-488-8760
www.prc.org/envposs/ntroserv.html
Nature Observer News focuses education efforts on all aspects of birds, including their life cycles, habitats, needs, and challenges. Chuck Tague, the owner of Nature Observer News, offers a variety of live bird demonstrations for students in grades K through 8.

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
242 McKee Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-682-7275
www.pittsburghparks.org
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, enhancing and restoring the city's four great parks (Frick, Highland, Riverview, and Schenley), which each cover more than 250 acres. The conservancy works to increase the public's knowledge about the parks' natural and environmental history, ecology, social history, and design so that residents of all ages-especially children-
develop an increased awareness and understanding of these places.

Pittsburgh Voyager
1501 Reedsdale Street, Suite 2001
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Phone: 412-231-2712
www.pittsburghvoyager.org
Pittsburgh Voyager is a nonprofit educational organization that operates a river center for students, teachers, and the community of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Voyager was founded in 1992 by a group of parents who wanted to use Pittsburgh's rivers as an experiential classroom to engage children in science, mathematics, and hands-on learning.

Student Conservation Association, Three Rivers
Suite 1007, Investment Building
239 4th Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412-325-1851
www.sca-inc.org/regions/pittsburgh/welcome.htm
The Three Rivers SCA recruits high school students with an interest in the environment to join the Urban Youth Corps and to work on conservation projects throughout the upper Ohio watershed (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia). Young people can get involved in the RiverBlitz, the BioBlitz, conservation internships, and SCA's Conservation Challenge summer camps.

Sustainable Pittsburgh
425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1335
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-258-6642
www.sustainablepittsburgh.org
SP's mission is to integrate economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality into decision-making processes in the Pittsburgh area by building diverse coalitions, developing measurable indicators, and undertaking key initiatives. In their work, SP emphasizes long-term and sustained quality of life for all citizens.

Three Rivers Habitat Partnership
c/o Bayer Corporation
100 Bayer Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
Phone: 412-777-2464
www.wildlifehc.org/threerivers
A Wildlife Habitats Council "Waterways for Life" program, the partnership assists corporations, communities, and organizations in enhancing wildlife habitat in the Pittsburgh region.

Three Rivers Association for Sustainable Energy
64 South 14th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1548
Phone: 412-431-4449, ext. 236
www.trase.org
Formerly the Western Pennsylvania Sustainable Energy Association, TRASE is an organization dedicated to raising awareness and promoting education regarding sustainable living, practice, and construction. TRASE serves Western Pennsylvania by fostering relationships among complementary players in allied fields.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Public Affairs Office
1000 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4186
Phone: 412-395-7501
www.lrp.usace.army.mil
ACE's Pittsburgh District maintains and operates 23 locks and dams, as well as 16 reservoir projects, and oversees 42 local flood protection projects in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, Southwestern New York, Northern West Virginia, and Western Maryland. With over 100 years of experience, the Pittsburgh office has developed expertise in inland navigation and flood control, environmental protection and restoration, construction management, recreation, watershed management, water supply, water quality, acid mine drainage remediation, and natural disaster response.

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
209 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412-288-2777
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/PA_Env-Her/western_pa_conservancy.htm
Pennsylvania's largest private land conservation organization, WPC works to conserve water, land, and wildlife.

Wild Resource Conservation Fund
P.O. Box 8764
Harrisburg, PA 17105
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcf
The WRCF is the principal agency that supports research and protection efforts for Pennsylvania's natural heritage, including its unique collection of native nongame animals and wild plants. The fund is financed entirely by public contributions, either through voluntary check-offs on the state income tax return form, direct donations, or the purchase of the Wild Resource license plate.

Wings of Wonder
trfn.clpgh.org/wings
Wings of Wonder is a partnership between the Three Rivers Habitat Partnership, ASSET, Inc., and Carnegie Science Center. WOW unites the wildlife teams of PPG and Bayer with local schools to study migratory birds and butterflies.