Rivers Re-Valued

The 3 Rivers 2nd Nature Project produced many reports that attempted to find ways to revalue the river system as an assest for Allegheny County and its ecological citizens, not as an extractable resource for industry.

• Collins, T., Kline, J., Vallianos, K., Fox, C. (2005) Ecology and Recovery: Allegheny County. Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University.
  
  This is the final culminating report of the 3R2N Project. Using geo-spatial analysis of social-economic condidtions in relationship to ecosystems, as well as cultural analysis and landuse policy analysis, the report revealed extraordinary ecological opportunities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and various ways those opportunities might be realized. This report features full page maps, photographs and charts, as well as a white paper on land use policy, by environmental attorney, Cyril Fox Esq.
• Luneburg W. (2004) Where the Three Rivers Converge: Unassessed Waters and the Future of EPA's TMDL Program: A Case Study. Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry.
  
• Goto, R., Collins, T., Eds. (2004) The Allegheny County River Dialogue: Water Trails
  Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University. 
  This is documentation and illustration of ideas developed in three years of 'River Dialogues' on the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers within Allegheny County PA. The concepts and plans emerged in dialogue between citizens, experts, planners and public officials. The project and its publication was managed by artist and 3R2N Creative Director Reiko Goto.
  
• Knauer, K. (2003) The Clean Streams Project.
  Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University. 
  Environmental scientist Kathy Knauer develop a low-cost, strategic water quality testing program. Focused on 5 of the 56 streams in Allegheny County, and using a low-cost yet scientifically valid methodology the project sought to reveal substandard water quality as well as the likely sources of impairment.
  
• Ilany, T., Lee, A., Toonkel, J. (2003) Urban Stream Impact Protocol.
  Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University. 
  Building on Knauer's 'The Clean Streams Project'; a team of two architects and an artist develop a protocol that introduces a straightforward framework for water quality testing, which can be implemented by individuals with varied scientific experience.
  
• Collins, T. (2002) Information and Authority: The Perception of Water Quality. 
  Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University. 
  3R2N Project Director, artist Tim Collins looks at the science language and discourse as well as the experience, aesthetics and politics of water quality.
  
• Pinkham, R. (2002) Stream Restoration and Daylighting: Opportunities in the Pittsburgh Region. 
  Pittsburgh PA: STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University. 
  Water policy expert Richard Pinkham (formerly with Rocky Mountain Institute), conducts a rigorous study to identify urban stream daylighting opportunities in Allegheny County and encourage development of daylighting demonstration sites.
• (2002)Urban Watersheds: Water Quality in Allegheny County, PA
  Ecology and Environmental Education Reference Materials
  
• (2000) Urban Watersheds and Brownfields: Case Study: Nine Mile Run Watershed