DCNR Project statement
Nine Mile Run Watershed Conservation Plan
 
  1. Title Page & Index 
  2. Project Area Characteristics
    1. Location
    2. Size
    3. Topography
    4. Major Tributaries
    5. Corridor
    6. Social Economic Profile
  3. Issues, Concerns, and Constraints
    1. Urban Ecosystems
    2. Watershed Management
    3. Water Quality
    4. Slag and Toxicity
    5. Public Access and Use
    6. Historic and Future Development
  4. Land Resources
    1. Soil Characteristics
    2. Ownership
    3. Critical Areas
    4. Landfills
    5. Hazard Areas
  5. Water Resources
    1. Tributaries
    2. Wetlands
    3. Floodplain
    4. Lakes and Ponds
    5. Water Quality
    6. Water Supply
  6. Biological Resources
    1. Wildlife
    2. Vegetation
    3. PNDI Species
    4. Important Habitats
  7. Cultural Resources
    1. Recreation Use
    2. Recreation Facilities
  8. Management Options
    1. Missions and Goals for Greenway Management
    2. Restoration, Healing, and Ecosystem Regeneration
    3. General Revegetation Principles
    4. Management Issues
    5. Recovery of Riparian Plant Communities
    6. Regeneration on Slag Species
    7. Stream Restoration
    8. Site-based Infiltration in the Upper Watershed
    9. Watershed Management, Integrating Infrastructure with Ecology
    10. Enhancement

 
  1. Appendices
    1. Maps
      • USGS Pittsburgh Quadrant
      • Culverted Streams and Major Tributaries
      • Watershed Unemployment
      • I-f1b Watershed Income
      • I-f1c Watershed Population
      • I-f2b Pedestrian Access
      • II-d Watershed Priority Focus Areas
      • III-c1 Area of Conflicting Value and Use
      • III-d Eroded Soil, Deposited Slag
      • III-e2 Abandoned Mines and Gas Wells
      • IV-b1 Existing Wetlands and Potential Wetland Areas
      • IV-b2 Areas of Potential Wetland Regeneration
      • IV-e1a Water Quality Testing Points
      • IV-c The Flood Plain
      • IV-e1b Combined Sewer Outfalls
      • V-2 Vegetation Communities
      • V-1 Botany Study Areas
      • V-d Interior and Upland Forest
      • VII-h Stormwater Management: Potential Areas for Infiltration and Detention
      • VII-j Sound/Silence
      • VII-j2 Experiential Nature/Culture
    2. Appendix IV
      1. Water Quality Issues in the Nine Mile Run Watershed
    3. Appendix V
      1. V-1 Amphibians and Reptiles in the Nine Mile Run Watershed
      2. V-3 Birds Recorded for the Nine Mile Run Watershed
      3. V-4 Insects Documented in the Nine Mile Run Watershed
      4. V-6 Vascular Plants of the Nine Mile Run Watershed
      5. V-a1b Benthic Invertebrates and Water Quality
    4. Appendix VII
      1. VII-b An Ecosystems Perspective
      2. VII-c General Revegetation Principles
      3. VII-d Recreation of Native Tall-Grass Meadows
      4. VII-d4 Control Measures for Select Invasive Species
      5. VII-f Regeneration on Slag Slopes
      6. VII-i Case Studies in Multi-Municipal Watershed Approaches
      7. VII-j The Experience of NMR
    5. Appendix VIII
      1. Community Comment 
      2. Peggy Charny
      3. Bruce Amshell
    6. References
    7. Photo Credits