The backstory… We’ve been wrangling with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Amerikhol Mining over erosion & sedimentation issues on the Curry mine site along the Yough in Dunbar Township for nearly a year now (for more information, …
The following is an except of a letter prepared by the Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water‘s Exceptional Value Workgroup (of which MWA is a member) regarding HB 1576, the Endangered Species Coordination Act. HB 1586 is likely to come up …
We recently became aware of some significant erosion and sedimentation control problems on Amerikohl’s Curry Mine site in Dunbar Township, Fayette County (less than 1000′ from the high-quality portion of the Youghiogheny River and the Great Allegheny Passage). Longtime members …
Through our comprehensive water quality monitoring program, we are documenting baseline water quality throughout the watershed. We sample quarterly for several different parameters, one of which is E. coli. E. coli is a bacterium found in the intestines of humans …
We spent much of last week conducting our quarterly water sampling in the Yough. We sample 17 sites from the mouth in Allegheny County upstream into Maryland. We sample nine locations along the main stem and on eight major tributaries– …
With last year’s discovery of the aquatic invasive plant species Didymo (commonly known as “rock snot”) in the Youghiogheny River, spreading the word about proper disinfection of fishing and paddling gear is high on our list of things to do …
