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WOLF CREEK AND NATURE TRAIL DEDICATED AT HOMECOMING |
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September 28, 2011
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Grove City College administrators, staff, alumni and friends, as well as Grove City Borough residents, gathered for the Wolf Creek Restoration and Nature Trail dedication at Homecoming on Sept. 23 on lower campus. The project was made possible through the generosity of the Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Joseph D. Monteleone and other supporters of the College.
The Wolf Creek Project, which began in 2009, has stabilized the creek flow through campus, reestablished and preserved creek banks, improved Rainbow Bridge’s lighting, as well as added new trails, areas for fishing, biking, walking and picnicking for students and community residents.
The dedication included speeches by College President Richard G. Jewell ’67 and John C. Oliver III, visiting lecturer in natural resource policy and former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Oliver received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the College in May. A dedication prayer was also offered by The Rev. Dr. Stanley F. Keehlwetter, dean of the chapel.
The creek, part of the Ohio River Drainage Basin, has been a source of commerce, farming and recreation for the Grove City community. The creek divides the College’s upper and lower campuses and flows into Slippery Rock Creek. The creek serves as both biology class lab space and as a place for recreation and tradition. Countless weddings have been photographed on Rainbow Bridge, and anglers fish at the location throughout the year.
Founded in 1947, the Richard King Mellon Foundation is among the largest independent foundations in the United States. The foundation makes grants focused on regional economic development, the quality of life in southwestern Pennsylvania, land preservation and watershed restoration and protection with an emphasis on western Pennsylvania.
The Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, formerly known as the Western Pennsylvania Watershed Program, is a grant-making foundation that invests in efforts to protect healthy, natural streams around the state – and also to clean up pollution and repair damaged wildlife habitat. To date, it has assisted more than 150 different groups, funded more than $5 million in projects, leveraged more than $80 million in additional investments and restored nearly 600 miles of polluted streams and rivers.
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