Conservation

• 4-H Conservation Club Web Site | Flyer for 4-H Conservation Club forming in Murrysville | Murrysville 4-H Conservation Club Blog
• Conemaugh Valley Conservancy - Includes information on hiking three nice Rails-to-Trails sections of the planned Pa. Main Line Greenway System.
• Cowanshannock Creek Watershed Association (Near Kittanning, PA.)
• DCNR State Forest Resource Management Plan
• DCNR Report - Pennsylvania's Wildlife and Wild Places:
     Our Outdoor Heritage in Peril.
• I Conserve Pennsylvania
• Pa. Cleanways, Inc.
• Pennsylvania Environmental Council - Conservation Through Cooperation
• Pennsylvania Trout - Volunteers in Cold Water Conservation
• Turtle Creek Watershed Association
• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Westmoreland Conservancy - Acquires and maintains natural areas for public enjoyment | W.C. April 2007 Newsletter
• Westmoreland Conservation District
• Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club

Outdoor Recreation

• Grand opening of the Coal & Coke Trail from Mount Pleasant to Scottdale at 10 am on Saturday July7, 2007
• Feasibility Study for Westmoreland HeritageTrail (Saltsburg to Trafford)
     (Requires downloading various size Adobe .PDF files)
• Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
• Great Allegheny Passage - The Cumberland & Pittsburgh Trail.
• Hiking Trails in Pittsburgh Area  (Post-Gazette Article)
• Hiking Trails Near U.S. Metropolitan Areas (localhikes.com)
• Keystone Trails Association - the statewide voice of Pennsylvania’s hikers! New!
• Westmoreland Heritage Trail Newsletter | WHT Membership Form
• PA. Rail-To-Trails Website
• Rails-To-Trails Conservancy
• Yough River Trail Website
• Venture Outdoors - (Western Pennsylvania Field Institute)

Park Chat Walks
3rd Wed. of each month. Meet at park or reserve at 8:30 am. Rain or shine.
Monthly walks and informal chats in various parks and nature reserves.

FREE - No pre-registration required, but a phone reservation with name, telephone number and number of persons in your group would be helpful (724-327-2100 x 115). Co-sponsored by Murrysville Recreation and Westmoreland Conservancy. Directions to parks at www.murrysvillegov.org or www.westmorelandconservancy.org.

• April 18, 2007 - Duff Park
• May 16, 2007 - King Nature Reserve
• June 20, Pleasant Valley Park
• July 18 McGinnis Nature Reserve
• August 15 Bear Hollow Trail (meet in parking lot of Royal Highlands Field)
• September 19 Walter Nature Reserve
• October 17 Murrysville Community Park (meet in Athletic Field Parking Lot)

Dunbar Creek, Fayette County - This great web site provides a wealth of information on the Dunbar Creek watershed. The watershed is located on State Game Lands #51. Access is from the two lane road that runs between Dunbar and Ohiopyle. The web site provides maps and instructions. Dunbar Creek is stocked with trout. Some portions are delayed harvest, fly fishing only. This is a beautiful and very rugged area, not far away, that is probably unknown to many people in Murrysville.