Join us in the Fern Hollow valley in Frick Park! We’ll continue planting native plants and may do some invasive removal - details to come! Each group session will include training for any new volunteers, so if you’ve never joined us on a clean-up or volunteer...
Join us in the Fern Hollow valley in Frick Park! We’ll continue planting native plants and may do some invasive removal - details to come! Each group session will include training for any new volunteers, so if you've never joined us on a clean-up or volunteer...
Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory is co-hosting a watershed walk with Upstream Pittsburgh through Nine Mile Run and Fern Hollow on Thursday, June 27th from 6-8pm! This Watershed Walk will feature a conversation and educational resources to learn more about wetland mitigation, Acid Mine Drainage that has...
KDKA News | Jessica Guay June 13, 2024 / 11:02 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The collapse and reconstruction of Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge harmed what's below it: the ravine and creek in Frick Park. Now, a major study will evaluate the impacts on the ecosystem...
WTAE - June 12, 2024 (updated) Tom Garris, Anchor/Reporter PITTSBURGH — A new collaboration between the nonprofit Upstream Pittsburgh and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiming to study the rehabilitation of the Fern Hollow Creek. Two and a half years ago, the bridge along Forbes Avenue collapsed into...
90.5 WESA | By Kiley Koscinski Published June 12, 2024 at 5:19 PM EDT It’s been nearly a year since the final touches were completed to replace Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge. But according to environmentalists and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, there’s still plenty of work to be done in...
UpstreamPgh recently received a grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to engage the greater East End community in a multi-year visioning endeavor for the Fern Hollow Valley. The end goal of this process is to have plans for 3-5 ecological and art-based interventions throughout the...
The Wilkinsburg Stormwater Resiliency Project build-out has begun! Throughout the next few weeks, we'll be transforming the medians in the two parking lots, along Wallace Avenue and South Avenue, into functional bioswales that will capture an estimated 1 million gallons of stormwater a year! Come...
The Wilkinsburg Stormwater Resiliency Project build-out has begun! Throughout the next few weeks, we'll be transforming the medians in the two parking lots, along Wallace Avenue and South Avenue, into functional bioswales that will capture an estimated 1 million gallons of stormwater a year! Come...
The Wilkinsburg Stormwater Resiliency Project build-out has begun! Throughout the next few weeks, we'll be transforming the medians in the two parking lots, along Wallace Avenue and South Avenue, into functional bioswales that will capture an estimated 1 million gallons of stormwater a year! Come...