Written by Jo Anne Tippett March 22, 2025 From Table to Ballot, the water referendum in Pittsburgh came together quickly! It started in early November with members of the Our Water Table (OWT) coalition learning from Baltimore’s fight to protect their water from privatization and rising rates....
Written by Chief Pomaj-Chakmam-Yajalaji March 21, 2025 In the Xi Onkwehonwe Americas Aborigine Nations and Indigenous people's worldview, our waters are regarded as a vital life-giving force. It is interwoven with fertility, agriculture, and the cyclical nature of life. Xi acknowledged that our waters nourished the entire...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Article by Chavaysha Chaney March 20, 2025 What Happened: Pittsburgh United and Upstream Pgh’s Environmental Justice Leads, JoAnne Tippett, Advocacy Coordinator, and Chief Pomaj, Advocacy Consultant worked hard to push for legislation that protects Pittsburgh’s water from privatization. Thanks to...
Nonnative Bulbs Article by Keith Moore March 14, 2025 [caption id="attachment_4588" align="alignright" width="225"] Nonnative Ozark Witch Hazel with bee[/caption] Have you seen any early spring flowers recently? Maybe snow drops or crocuses? Daffodils and tulips will soon be blooming too! What do all these plants have in common? They're...
Water is a public good, not a commodity—but this May, Pittsburgh voters will decide whether to protect public control of our water system or risk privatization. On May 2025 Primary Election Day, Pittsburgh residents will vote on a referendum to amend the city’s Home Rule Charter, ensuring that our...
UpstreamPgh recently partnered with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. to plant over 1,000 native tree and shrub live stakes in the Fern Hollow Valley. With funding from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and a lot of help from volunteers, UpstreamPgh held workdays in November...
April 2024 was nearly Pittsburgh’s rainiest April on record (falling second to 1901), and it’s been the rainiest start to a year since recording began in 1870. Needless to say, it’s been a true test for the UpstreamPgh rain gardens. This past month, our Oakwood Batavia...
At UpstreamPgh we believe that healthy ecology leads to healthy communities. Established as an organization in 2001, we’ve taken pride in stewarding the Nine Mile Run Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, when it was completed in 2006 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This $7.7 million...
by Tom Batroney P.E., C.F.M., UpstreamPgh Board Member & Senior Water Resources Engineer at HDR In a somewhat forgotten chapter of American history, the G.M. Hopkins Company in the latter half of the 19th century went up and down much of the eastern seaboard of the...
by Leslie Centola, UpstreamPgh Community Organization and Social Action Intern The Climate Justice Collaborative (CJC) is celebrating several accomplishments in 2021, and is now deliberating what is next in 2022. Last year, the CJC focused on recruitment, community education, and stakeholder engagement. Residents of East Hills,...