Monongahela Watershed Atlas Acknowledgements and Credits

The Watershed Atlas of the Monongahela River is a project of Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Alleghenies Watershed Network.

Copyright 2001 Pennsylvania Environmental Council.

Pennsylvania Environmental Council
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is a statewide, nonprofit, environmental education and advocacy organization devoted to promoting the protection of watersheds, the sustainable uses of land, and the implementation of environmental innovations. Since its founding in 1970, the Council has worked toward sensible and sustainable answers to the Commonwealth's difficult environmental issues.

Alleghenies Watershed Network
The Alleghenies Watershed Network, a project of PEC, was established in 1996 to serve as a forum for education about watershed issues; and to act as a networking hub among watershed groups, government agencies, businesses, and educational institutions in the Allegheny River watershed. In 1999, the Network expanded its coverage to include the Monongahela River watershed. Now, as the Alleghenies Watershed Network, it focuses on watershed activities west of the Allegheny Mountains. AWN's publications and conferences have been successful in focusing public attention on water quality and sustainable uses in the Allegheny River.

This Internet site was funded by:
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Vira I. Heinz Endowment, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Growing Greener Grants Program. The original research was funded through grants from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Vira I. Heinz Endowment, and The Grable Foundation.

Content Development:
Proz, Inc.

Kim Statler and Luanne O'Shea, Principals


Site architecture and implementation by:
Suaz Forsythe


Technical Consultant:

Ethan Winograd*

Watershed Tour Assistant:
Kevin Clark*


Mapping:
Bob Dahl, Map Resources

Mountain Formation and Meander illustrations and content:
John Harper*

Natural Systems and Human Impacts expertise drawn from:
Allegheny Watershed Network: Jen Novak, Director
Civil Engineering Consultants: John Buck, Hydrogeologist
Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District: Mike Koryak*
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: John Harper*

* = Special thanks to these people who generously provided their expertise and references.


Photographic Credits: Suaz Forsythe, throughout the site, unless otherwise credited;


Monongahela Watershed Steering Committee
Pittsburgh
Paul Wiegman, Naturalist
Ted Muller, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
John Arway, Chief Environmental Services, PA Fish and Boat Commission
Rick Lorson, Environmental Services, PA Fish and Boat Commission
Terry Pallas, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection DEP
Laura Branby, Pittsburgh Field Educator, Allegheny College
Heather Fowler, Watershed Specialist, Fayette County Conservation District
Mike Koryak, Pittsburgh Corps of Engineers
Joel Tarr, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Darla Cravotta, National Park Service
Craig Barras, Watershed Specialist Westmoreland Conservation District

West Virginia
Michael Whitman, Environmental Resource Specialist I
West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection
Terry Deniston, People Against Littering
Frank Jernejcec, Fishery Biologist
Peggy Pings, Outdoor Recreation Planner, National Park Service
Betty Wiley, Dunkard Creek
Paul Kinder, Canaan Valley Institute
Brad Durst, West Virginia Soil Conservation Agency
Isaac Wolford, USDA
Bill Thorne, Friends of The Cheat
Suzy Petery, Greene County USDA
Patricia Bunner, Environmental Historian
Bill Bunner, Mon Soil Conservationist/Historian
Craig Mains, Downstream Alliance
Martin Christ, Friends of Deckers Creek
Rich Little
Whitney Kines, Tygart Valley River Watershed Association
Timothy Craddock, Citizens Monitoring Coordinator, WVDEP

Text Editing:
Mike Whitman, Environmental Resource Specialist I
West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection