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Posts from the ‘Nine Mile Run’ Category

010.21.00Upstream testing needs to occur to take the next logical step to identify sources in the three storm sewers which have been identified as the primary sources of pathogens to the stream.

010.21.00Sewage infrastructure mapping and assessment need to occur. This will provide a complete overview of the system and its general conditions, manhole by manhole.

010.21.00A greenhouse program featuring native species propagation, seedbank and nursery program onsite. Part of the initiative would consider the propagation and growth of Pennsylvania threatened plants (like the hop tree) and others that survive on barrens, or seem to take to the specific soil types at the slag site. This program would include a research initiative on alkaline-tolerant species.

010.21.00Specific demonstration projects for revegetation of slag slopes. The focus would be (1) soil mix, (2) plants, and (3) applications.

010.21.00Regeneration of prairie grasslands. The field off Commercial Avenue could be the site of a prairie grass restoration.

010.21.00Riparian corridor regeneration and bank stabilization. There are numerous stream sections along NMR that need attention

010.21.00Annual event modeled on CMNH’s Bio Blitz

010.21.00A jobs corps style program of native species management and training and application of biological techniques for stream bank restoration and tall grass prairie restoration

010.21.00National conference on the issue of brownfield redevelopment and urban streams

010.21.00Local education initiative for both public and private sectors