Information about groups, municipalities and outdoor activities associated with the Little Sewickley Creek Watershed.
Note PA state designation for water quality of Little Sewickley Creek: High Quality – Trout stocking – fishery ( HQ-TS MF) (second highest water quality classification by PA)
Groups with interests along Little Sewickley Creek and in the Watershed
Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Association (LSCWA)
Barbara Carrier, President
P.O. Box 183, Leetsdale, PA 15056
Fern Hollow Nature Center (FHNC)
Kara O’Neill, Environmental Educator
1901 Glen Mitchell Road, Sewickley, PA 15143
Sewickley Heights Borough Park
Nathan Briggs
238 Country Club Road, Sewickley, PA 15143
Sewickley Shooting and Fishing Club (SSFC)
Michael Tomana, President
Fern Hollow and Little Sewickley Creek Roads Sewickley, PA 15132
Sewickley Hunt Club (SHC)
Doug Christy
857 Little Sewickley Creek Road, Sewickley, PA 15143
Quaker Valley Recreation Authority (QVRA) Legacy Fields
Jeff Lipton, President
Camp Meeting & Fern Hollow Road
P.O. Box 388, Sewickley, PA 15143
Quaker Valley School District (QVSD)
Dr. Tammy Andreyko, Superintendent
100 Leetsdale Industrial Drive, Suite B, Leetsdale, PA 15056
Sewickley Academy (SA)
Ashley Birtwell, Head of School
315 Academy Avenue, Sewickley, PA 15143
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD)
Amy Miller, Watershed Specialist
River Walk Corporate Centre, 33 Terminal Way, Suite 325B, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Allegheny Land Trust (ALT)
Roy Kraynyk, Land Protection Director
416 Thorn Street Sewickley, PA 15143
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC & WPC)
Eric Chapman, Director of Aquatic Science
800 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Watershed Conservation Program
1067 Philadelphia Street, Suite 101, Indiana, PA
Programs utilizing the Watershed and Little Sewickley Creek
Summer camps (for children ages 4 – 18)
Summer Discovery (LSCWA) at Walker Park and Fern Hollow Nature Center (FHNC)
Outdoor education for school groups (FHNC and Nature Guides)
QV Creekers
Sewickley Academy Creek Club
Outdoor education for Quaker Valley area students
Stream sampling for water quality and biota (historical) (QV Up-the-Creek Gang)
Vernal breeding pond restoration (LSCWA, FHNC, ACCD, and Bell Acres Borough)
Data collection activities
Historical
Hydrology Study
Slope Stability Study
Plant Catalog (Herbarium)
Water Quality Study
Recent
Water quality monitoring – with student participation
ALLARM (Alliance for Aquatic Resource Management with Dickinson College)
Data logger (with ACCD)
Fish and Amphibian counts (with FHNC, WPC and student participation)
Macroinvertebrate counts (with FHNC and student participation)
Campmeeting Woods Biological Diversity Area
Municipalities and parks within the Watershed
Edgeworth Borough
Walker Park
Morrow-Pontefract Park
Borough Manager: Martin McDaniel
Mayor: Wayne T. Murphy
Council President: Joseph T. Hoepp
Sewickley Heights Borough
Sewickley Heights Park
238 Country Club Road, Sewickley, PA
Borough Manager/Secretary/Zoning Officer: William P. Rohe
Mayor: John C. Oliver, III
Council President: S. Phil Hundley
Leetsdale Borough
Mayor: Peter A. Poninsky
Council President: Wesley James
Leet Township
Franklin Park Borough
Bell Acres Borough
Borough Manager: Charles Kulbacki
Mayor: Ron Besong
Council President: Dennis Young
Outdoor activities within the watershed
Fishing Hunting, Hiking, Camping, Bicycling
Horseback Riding, Dog Walking, Picnicking, Stargazing
Bird Watching (bird counts with Audubon Society)