One of the Mobile Workshops available at Brownfields 2011 will take you through a wildlife refuge just outside of downtown Philadelphia. The refuge, established by an act of Congress in 1972 to protect the last 200 acres of freshwater tidal marsh in Pennsylvania, has become a resting and feeding area for more than 300 species of birds, as well as fox, deer, muskrat, turtles, fish, frogs and a wide variety of wildflowers and plants.
JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MOBILE WORKSHOP
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is the most urbanized area in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge contains the largest remaining freshwater tidal marsh in Pennsylvania. Despite its history as a landfill area, this once 5,700-acre marsh has endured ongoing indignities associated with nearby residential and industrial development, its location near a former sewage treatment plant, and its proximity to oil refineries and the airport. Today, it contains the last 200 acres of marsh and a number of restored habitat areas that serve as a resting and feeding area for more than 300 species of birds as well as a number of important mammals, amphibians, reptiles and plants.
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