Independence Conservancy
  News & Notes
10/3/2013
  The Voice of the Raccoon Creek Watershed

Greetings!

 

Welcome to the introductory issue of Independence Conservancy's News & Views, the voice of the Raccoon Creek Watershed in Southwestern Pennsylvania. We hope you'll find it useful, engaging and somewhat entertaining now and then. 
 
Enjoy!
Community Tire Collections

Need to get rid of scrap tires or wheels from your car or light truck?
Here's our fall lineup of Community Tire Collections:
  • Saturday, October 5, 9 AM to 12 Noon: Beaver Falls Street Department Garage
    15th Street & 10th Avenue, Beaver Falls PA 15010     
  • Friday, October 18, 9 AM to 3 PM and 
    Saturday, October 19, 9 AM to 12 Noon: Hookstown Fair Grounds  1198 Route 168, Hookstown PA 15050
Your cost to dispose:
  • Up to 18" off rim, $2 each
  • Up to 18" on rim, $4 each
  • Tractor trailer up to 22.5" (no rims), $20 each
  • Farm tractor rear, any size (no rims), $20 each
    •  
Proof of residency not required.
Individuals and small businesses welcome.
No limit to the number of tires you may bring.
Checks accepted with photo ID.
Raccoon Creek Watershed Conservation Plan

Want to win a $75 Visa gift card?
It's easy! If you live, work or play in the Raccoon Creek Watershed, your opinion could win you $75.

Just complete the Citizen Survey online. Answer all the questions and provide some contact information. There are no right or wrong answers. Help us build a vision for the future by adding your voice to the Raccoon Creek Watershed Conservation Plan today!

Offer ends November 30th.

Already done the Citizen Survey? If you provided contact information, you're eligible!
BlogSpot: Emerald Ash Borer    
Now's a great time to cut, split and stack firewood. Next to watching Pittsburgh's professional sports teams (some of them, at least) firewood is one of our favorite fall pastimes. 
 
But watch out for Emerald Ash Borer!
 
These tiny green beetles are destroying ash trees across the US at an alarming rate. Standing dead ash trees are everywhere in our yards, parks and favorite places. Although ash makes dandy firewood, please don't move it - or any species of firewood - more than a few miles from its source. By doing so, you could be helping these little monsters chew into new territory.
 


Independence Conservancy is the first and only private land trust based in Beaver County, PA.
We are an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit public charity dedicated to open space preservation
 and water quality improvement in the Raccoon Creek Watershed in Southwestern PA.

 

 

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