Help keep toxic coal waste out of our hillsides and valleys. Join Mountain Watershed Association in requesting that DEP host a public hearing for the proposed 131-acre Shaw Refuse Disposal Site. Requests need to be made by October 19th! This …
Last week, we were out in the field to do something we’ve been looking forward to for a while: fish shocking with the team from Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s (WPC) Watershed Conservation Program. Fish shocking, or electrofishing, is performed using a …
Mountain Watershed Association hosted their 2nd Annual Yough River Cleanup & Tiresweep on Saturday, September 12th. The combination of low water and nice weather provided volunteers with great conditions on the Yough. We want to thank all the volunteers who participated …
A Notice of Intent to Explore (NOE) was submitted for the Jordan Mine to the PA Department of Environmental Protection. This notice means that a company has targeted an area in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, PA for investigation to see …
This summer was a dry one. On the rare rainy day, I would see a few toads out and about, enjoying the wet grass in front of my flower beds. I’ve recently started to take interest in the frogs, salamanders, …
Mountain Watershed Association looks out for our watershed community in many ways and the difficult decision to cancel the Indian Creek Watershed Festival due to Covid-19 is one of them. While we waited in hopes of being able to have …
The time has come for us to say goodbye to Rachel, our most recent Americorps member. Although we are sad to see her go, we are incredibly excited about her future. Rachel has accepted a position as a Water Resources …
Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) has been a key partner for the Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps AmeriCorps program (PMSC) with 25 members serving over the past 17 years. “Partnering with MWA has been a positive experience for everyone involved. Mountain Watershed …
How it all began… The Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) is a grassroots community-based organization with its roots in the Indian Creek Watershed (a sub-basin of the Youghiogheny River), located in Westmoreland and Fayette Counties. Like so many grassroots groups, it …
As those of us doing the work of mine drainage remediation know, our projects need a whole lot of oversight and maintenance, repair and refurbishment. We do not necessarily expect them to fail. The Kalp Project (Anna and Steve Gdosky …
