Water, Water Everywhere
Strips of vegetation (trees, shrubs, or grass) that grow next to streams or other waterbodies.
What is "riparian buffer?"
A type non-native plant or animal that has been introduced into an area and spreads rapidly, causing harm to the environment, economy, or human health.
What is "invasive?"
United Nations initiative to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
What is "SDG #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities?"
An official publication of the State of Pennsylvania that states that people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment.
What is "Pennsylvania Constitution?"
People inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
What is "indigenous?"
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream, river, or a lake.
What is "tributary?"
A plant whose stem bends easily, remains soft, and dies (completely or down to the root) after flowering.
What is "herbaceous?"
When a developed area experiences higher temperature than nearby rural areas, or when areas experience hotter temperatures within a city.
What is "heat island?"
The SDG that ensures that all people have access to clean, reliable, and nutritious food.
What is "SDG #2: Zero Hunger?"
Indigenous people who have lived in the area of Heinz NWR and have spoken the Unami dialect of the Turtle Clan.
What are the "Lenni-Lenape?"
A wetland that is frequently or continually inundated with water, characterized by emergent soft-stemmed vegetation.
What is "marsh?"
A tree or shrub that regrows every year, and whose stems and larger roots are reinforced with tightly compacted tissues.
What is "woody?"
Strategy to use more city parks and plants that lower surface and air temperatures by providing shade and cooling through evapotranspiration.
What are "trees and vegetation?"
The SDG that ensures availability of clean H2O and efficient sewage for all.
What is "SDG #6: Clean Water and Sanitation?"
Number of different bird species that have been found in or near the diverse Heinz NWR habitat.
What is "300?" (+/-50 is acceptable)
A wetland that is dominated by woody plants.
What is "swamp?"
A seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
What is "migration?"
A building strategy that provides shade, removes heat from the air, and reduces temperatures of the roof surface and surrounding air.
What are "green roofs?"
The SDG that ensures access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern electricity for all.
What is "SDG #7: Affordable and clean energy?"
The area of Heinz NWR, in acres, equal to about 800 football fields.
What is "1200 acres?"
A region or area of land that drains into a particular watercourse or body of water.
What is "watershed?"
A community of interdependent organisms and their physical environment interacting together.
What is "ecosystem?"
Buildings that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient, from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction.
What is "green building?"
The idea that everyone is able to improve their quality of life without compromising the needs of future generations.
What is "sustainability?"
The name of the federal institution that is responsible for managing the Heinz NWR.
What is "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?"