Wadi Siakh, Haifa       A unique system of open spaces surrounds the city of Haifa. Its origin is a system of ravines in the Carmel Mountains, which penetrate like green fingers into the residential neighborhoods on Mount Carmel. Wadi Siakh, one of these "green fingers", is characterized by a wide range of items such as a meamdering ravine, indigenous vegetation, exposed flint-stone surfaces, seclusion caves of hermits from the Byzantine era, flowing springs, a traditional Bustan garden from the early years of the 20th century and a Carmelite Monastery. The master plan presents an overall concept for the rehabilitation and development of the Wadi Siakh water basin. The plan refers to the urban aspects and to the range of natural and cultural sites composing the wadi. The objectives expressed in the plan were: Reinforcing the connection between culture and nature focal points in the wadi and the surrounding residential neighborhoods; rehabilitation of the agricultural terraces, the trails, springs, and ravine; reconstruction of the Bustan as a center for information on ancient agriculture. It was proposed that the rehabilitation and development of Wadi Siakh, would serve as a model for landscape, ecological, cultural and human development for the wadis of Haifa. The initiators of the project: The Municipality of Haifa, The National Jewish Fund (Keren Kayemet)