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Websites accessed April 5, 2010. http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wlhabitat/toc.aspx (Report) http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wlhabitat/forward/regional.aspx (Map) Figure 2-5: Redbeds Location within the Region Pittsburgh Geological Society. “Landsliding in Western Pennsylvania.” Website accessed December 1, 2009. http://www.pittsburghgeologicalsociety.org/landslide.pdf Appendix B—Letter of Support (MTA) Murrysville Trail Alliance Murrysville, Pennsylvania www.murrysvilletrails.org Amy (Senopole) Wiles March 22, 2010 Mackin Engineering Company 117 Industry Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Dear Ms. Wiles, The Murrysville Trail Alliance (MTA) would like to express its support for the Turtle Creek Greenway Plan. In addition to the potential future extension of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail, the MTA requests that sustainable singletrack trails for recreational hiking and mountain biking also be included as part of the plan. These trails on land and hillsides flanking Turtle Creek will greatly expand access to the greenway for recreation, nature study, and education, and will be a valuable recreational amenity for walkers, mountain bikers, and others. They would be especially worthwhile in providing recreational access to parts of the greenway in advance of the possible eventual extension of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail (WHT), and then to serve as an exceptional complement to the WHT if/when it is extended. The undeveloped nature of the area will allow for a property planned system of trails designed to be sustainable, unlike the existing network of poorly laid out social (i.e., unplanned) trails in so many local parks. Well-designed trails could be machine built by a professional trail contractor, or could be hand-built by volunteers. The opportunity for the Greenway project to build connections between seven existing parks - including a connection between Murrysville’s Duff Park and Pleasant Valley Park - through conservation of the connecting land is extraordinary, and the MTA supports this effort wholeheartedly. Please look upon the MTA as an enthusiastic supporter of conservation of the Greenway, and please feel free to distribute or quote from our letter of support. Sincerely yours, Joseph M. Galvin (for the Murrysville Trail Alliance) cc: Malcolm Sias, Parks Planning Coordinator, Westmoreland County Diane Selvaggio, Executive Director, Turtle Creek Watershed Association