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For Immediate Release
July 24, 2001

White: Stream Restoration to Receive Five "Growing Greener" Grants

Harrisburg – State Sen. Mary Jo White (R-21) today announced that Stream Restoration Inc. has been awarded $1.02 million in state environmental protection grants. 

The grants were awarded through the Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection program – or "Growing Greener" – which was signed into law as Act 68 of 1999.  Senator White was the prime sponsor of the Growing Greener legislation.

The senator announced the following grants:

• $716,000 to remediate acid mine drainage discharges on Seaton Creek, a tributary of Slippery Rock Creek.
• $166,000 to construct a treatment system consisting of vertical flow ponds and wetlands in the headwaters of Seaton Creek.
• $100,000 to remove 25,500 cubic yards of coal refuse currently situated in the floodplain of Seaton Creek.
• $19,838 to install two surface water gauging stations at the Jennings Environmental Center, Butler County.
• $18,630 to continue the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition's outreach efforts through newsletters, videos and brochures.

"Anyone who knows Margaret Dunn and her committed volunteers at Stream Restoration knows that their enthusiasm is contagious," said White.  "Stream Restoration has been immensely successful in protecting, improving and restoring the Slippery Rock Watershed. Their successes serve as models of environmental restoration and stewardship across Pennsylvania."

Margaret Dunn, president of Stream Restoration Inc. and other members of the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition recently traveled to Harrisburg to receive a Governor’s Award for Watershed Stewardship.