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 …
What is MWA? A quick breakdown.
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 …
The Story of Kalp
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 …
Why is Indian Creek Flowing Red?
Photo shows the path of the rogue discharge immediately after it enters a clean Indian Creek. In June, MWA received several complaints of visibly polluted water in Indian Creek, seen approximately from our Sagamore AMD treatment system downstream all the …
Passive Treatment—Active Maintenance: When Mine Drainage Treatment Systems Need Fixed
If you saw this along the Indian Creek Valley Trail during the first couple months of 2020, you may have thought something was awry. You would have been correct. That discharge depositing orange sludge on everything it touches and flowing …
Unrestricted Mining Activities Putting Residents’ Rights and Health at Risk
While COVID-19 grips public health and the economy, coal mining operations in Pennsylvania are proceeding at full speed. On the eve of Governor Wolf’s address closing “non-essential” business, coal mining and associated activities were granted essential business status. This puts …
2019 Summer Newsletter
The 2019 Summer edition of MWA Territory Newsletter has been released. Stories of the Gorge Celebration, a list of upcoming events, as well as staff updates can all be found in this publication. Take a look using the button below. …
2018: A Year In Review
Dear Friend of the Watershed, THANK YOU for your generous support throughout the past year. Our success is only possible because of your interest and commitment to our streams, rivers, and community quality of life. Because of you it has been …
Amerikohl’s Revtai GFCC coal mine would leave community without standard state protections
On Wednesday, December 12th, over 35 people packed the room in the Saltlick Township Municipal Building for the public hearing on Amerikohl’s proposed Revtai Government Financed Construction Contract (GFCC). The project would include a surface mine in Melcroft, PA in …
Unwavering Support for the Yough
The 10th Annual Yough Defense Party was rather memorable. Weather conditions were anything but favorable, yet our community of river lovers showed up to help fund the Youghiogheny Riverkeeper Program at Mountain Watershed Association. We, at Mountain Watershed Association, …