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...
Join us in the Fern Hollow valley in Frick Park! We’ll be planting over 250 native perennials to enrich the habitat in the bottom of the valley. Come learn how we continue restoration work in Frick Park! Each group session will include training for any new...
It’s not easy being an urban stream - but having hundreds of humans on your side certainly helps! Stream Sweeps carry on the long legacy of volunteers standing up for Nine Mile Run. So far this year, our stream sweepers have removed 1,508 pounds of trash!...
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...
Every time it rains, trash & debris from Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Wilkinsburg, & Swissvale washes into Nine Mile Run. Join us for our Summer Stream Sweep and help us clean up the stream and make it a healthier habitat for all. We will provide gloves, safety...
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...