Walter Water Celebrates Local Efforts to Protect Our Streams and Improve Biodiversity
Walter Water is tipping his hat to the 10-Mile Creek Watershed Association, Waynesburg University, and Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light for their efforts to protect local waterways and improve the environment.
Working together with Waynesburg University’s Rebekah Young and her biology students, along with PA Interfaith Power & Light’s Roots, Branches, Hands program, volunteers planted 19 native trees and shrubs at the university’s Alston Farm.
These plantings do more than make the landscape beautiful. Some of the shrubs will provide cuttings for future live staking projects, a natural streambank restoration technique that uses living branches to establish roots, stabilize soil, and reduce erosion. Other plantings will create natural buffers along the stream, reducing the need for mowing right up to the water’s edge.
Together, these improvements will help protect water quality, provide habitat for wildlife and pollinators, and increase native biodiversity across the property.
Small projects can make a big difference for our watersheds. Every tree planted, every streambank protected, and every partnership formed contributes to healthier waterways throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.
Walter Water gives everyone involved a big blue thumbs-up!
About Walter Water
Walter Water is the H2O Water Network’s friendly water molecule, helping spread the word about watershed conservation, environmental stewardship, and the people working to keep our rivers and streams healthy.
