Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan
Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan
Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan
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<strong>Allegheny</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Headwaters</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Chapter 6. Issues and Concerns<br />
What are some positive and negative impacts currently affecting land, water, and biological<br />
resources within the <strong>Headwaters</strong> of the <strong>Allegheny</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Watershed</strong>?<br />
Positive Impacts<br />
• Community parks<br />
• Recycling programs<br />
• <strong>Watershed</strong> conservation groups<br />
Negative Impacts<br />
• Litter*<br />
• Agriculture runoff<br />
• Logging*<br />
• Air pollution<br />
• Natural gas industry<br />
• Glass factory<br />
• Carbon plants<br />
• Water pollution<br />
• Erosion (stream bank and farming)*<br />
• Burning garbage<br />
• Stream bank constructions<br />
• Highway clean ups<br />
• School recycling program<br />
• Car exhaust<br />
• Farm runoff<br />
• High coyote population<br />
• Honeywell International Wax refinery<br />
• Magnet toy factory<br />
• Mosquitoes spreading disease<br />
• Oil drilling<br />
• Paper mill in Johnsonburg<br />
• Poaching<br />
• Smoking<br />
Can you suggest any projects that students could be involved in or would be interested in being<br />
involved in to help improve the area?<br />
• Expand/improve recycling programs*<br />
• Community service<br />
• Endangered species awareness<br />
• Clean up highway litter*<br />
• Improve farming practices<br />
• Create habitat along streams, both for<br />
fish and other wildlife<br />
• <strong>Plan</strong>t trees*<br />
• Help stock fish*<br />
• Community gardens<br />
• Landscaping<br />
• Help little kids fish<br />
• Shovel snow<br />
• Hellbender survey<br />
• Public compost area<br />
• Clean Hamlin Lake<br />
• Clean illegal dump sites – abandoned oil<br />
industry sites<br />
• Clean up trash in the forest<br />
• Create new nature trails<br />
• Fix up softball field<br />
• Monitor animal behavior<br />
• Protect existing trees<br />
• Raise money to plant trees<br />
• Reduce exhaust pollution<br />
• Alternative transportation<br />
• Solar energy uses<br />
• Study wax refinery pollution impacts<br />
• Volunteer for environmental group<br />
• Wildlife feeding<br />
Could you see yourself returning to the area as an adult to live and work? What reasons make you<br />
want to stay, and what reasons make you want to leave?<br />
Why stay?<br />
• Small population*<br />
• Quiet place to live<br />
• Good hunting and fishing opportunities<br />
• Enjoy the climate*<br />
• Good ATV opportunities*<br />
• Low traffic*<br />
• Good public school system<br />
• Low crime*<br />
• Familiarity*<br />
• Family*<br />
6-19
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