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Corporate Member Dominion's Oakford Station
Dominion employees and volunteers next to one of the 40 native shrubs planted at the Dominion Oakford buffer, on May 7, 2003.Location: Delmont, PA Total Acreage: 155 Riparian Buffer Acreage: 1.5 Acreage Available for Habitat: 128 Description/ Activities: - Beaver Run, meanders through Oakford Station before reaching a community drinking water supply. In April 2002, a streamside buffer of over 250 trees and shrubs and a wet meadow was planted by employees with partners such as the Westmoreland County Conservation District, TRHP, and PA Cleanways. The buffer serves as a demonstration site for homeowners in the Backyard Buffers campaign. The buffer will help control erosion, filter pollutants, and provide habitat for wildlife in and along Beaver Run.
Volunteer Dominion employees plant river birches in April 2002, in addition to
300 shrubs of various native species
along Beaver Run for the Backyard Buffers campaign - 20 bluebird boxes built by employees surround the buffer. The employees monitor the inhabitants such as tree swallows and Eastern bluebirds to ensure success.
- A bat box and informational signs were added in 2002.
Dom Planting 2003 - Al Bat Box Al Barker, a local Dominion employee, explores the bat box that he helped build and erect at the Dominion Oakford Buffer. |
- To date three informational workshops have been held at the Dominion buffer for local watershed groups and landowners.
- In 2003, a second planting occured, 40 more native shrubs were added. These shrubs were more mature than the first years planting, for a highly visual effect. Native wildflower plugs were also added this year. Read the article about the planting.
- The Dominion buffer was carefully planned to include only species that are native to western Pennsylvania, and provide value to wildlife. For information on doing this in your own yard and local suppliers, visit the Backyard Buffers page. In addition to managing their land for wildlife, the Dominion Foundation was a generous contributor to Backyard Buffers.
Dominion Buffer Planting List Species | Scientific name | Shrubs | | Red Chokeberry | Aronia arbutifolia | Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occindentalis | Silky dogwood | Cornus amomum | Ninebark | Physocarpus opulifolius | Smooth alder | Alnus serrulata | Winterberry | Ilex verticillata | | | Trees | | River birch | Betula nigra | Swamp White Oak | Quercus bicolor | Black gum | Nyssa sylvatica | | | Wet Meadow | | New England Aster | Aster novae-angliae | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Marsh marigold | Caltha palustris | Blue flag | Iris versicolor | Blue vervain | Verbena hastata | Monkey Flower | Mimulus ringens | Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Blazing Star | Liatris spicata | Turk’s cap Lily | Lilium superbum | Purple Joe-Pye | Eupatorium purpureum | Blue-joint grass | Calamagrostis canadensis | Annual rye | Nurse crop |
Aristech Chemical
AMD & ART, Inc.
Bayer Corporation
Browning-Ferris Industries
Dominion
Duquesne Light Company
Hercules, Inc.
Mulligan Mining
PPG Industries, Inc.
Pioneer
United States Steel Corporation
United States Gypsum Company
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