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    Headwaters Highlights: A tiny team maintains mighty Mahoning Dam daily [Image 30 of 33]

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    Headwaters Highlights: A tiny team maintains mighty Mahoning Dam daily

    PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

    03.18.2025

    Photo by Michel Sauret    

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District

    Angela Erskine, the natural resource manager, and James Norris, the only full-time park ranger for the Mahoning Creek Dam and reservoir, inspect a tadpole pond they dug out to catch rainwater in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 19, 2025. Part of the job of the park rangers who work for the U.S. Army Corps is to promote and support environmental stewardship.

    The Mahoning Creek Dam and reservoir are managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. The dam is a concrete gravity dam that provides flood risk reduction to the lower Allegheny River Valley and upper Ohio River.

    A small team of a natural resource managers, one full-time park ranger and three maintenance workers maintain Mahoning Creek Dam. The aging dam needs regular attention and maintenance and is due for a concrete facelift in the coming years.

    The reservoir and surrounding federal lands encompass more than 2,900 acres, but much of it is leased to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Armstrong County for various recreational purposes, including camping, boat launches, parks, fishing and hunting.

    (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)

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    Date Taken: 03.18.2025
    Date Posted: 03.31.2025 14:35
    Photo ID: 8944844
    VIRIN: 250319-A-TI382-2920
    Resolution: 6000x4000
    Size: 9.74 MB
    Location: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US

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