As plans continue for the construction of Tenaska’s natural gas-fired power plant along the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland County, residents in South Huntingdon Township are voicing their concerns. We outlined our concerns about potential impacts to the Yough in a …
Public Meeting Scheduled for Rustic Ridge Deep Mine
The public meeting for the proposed Rustic Ridge deep mine in Saltlick Township, Fayette County and Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 1:00-3:00pm, at the Donegal Community Center, 113 Community Center Lane, Donegal, PA 15628. MWA …
Direct Support Funds Available for Shale Gas Work
Our Direct Support Project continues to provide small amounts of funding to grassroots activists and organizations working toward social change on shale gas issues around the region. Since the launch of the project in August, our committee has approved 15 applications for …
Join us on 11/20 for the 2014 Yough Defense Party!
Mark your calendar for the 2014 Yough Defense Party! Join us for great food & drinks, silent auction items including handmade and local art and lots of river gear (see full list of donors below!). We’ll have live music from Meadow …
Indian Creek Valley Trail and Bridge Dedication Scheduled
On Monday, November 3, 2014 volunteers, board members and staff of the Mountain Watershed Association will hold a dedication ceremony for the Section 10 segment in Springfield Township, Fayette County and the Donegal Bridge in Jones Mills, Westmoreland County. These …
General Membership Meeting & Fall Potluck
Join us on November 12, 2014 from 6:30 to 9:30 at Highlands Hall on Route 31 in Donegal for our General Membership Meeting. This event will include a short business meeting to elect new members to our Board of Directors, …
Kalp Treatment Sytem Rehab
Have you noticed Indian Creek appears to be running red downstream of our Kalp mine drainage treatment system near Melcroft? MWA is presently working to rehabilitate this system. During this work Indian Creek will have more red water in it …
URGENT: Make a call for clean water TODAY!
Can you make a call for Pennsylvania’s highest quality streams today? The Senate is poised to vote on House Bill 1565 which will eliminate the current buffers rule in Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law. This rule requires forested buffers to be maintained …
Swimmable Waters Project A Success
Our 2014 Swimmable Waters project has come to a close. Many, many thanks to The Pittsburgh Foundation for generously providing the funding for this important initiative. Throughout the course of the summer, we conducted E. coli sampling at 15 locations throughout …
2015 Lottery Calendars are here!
Our 2015 Lottery Calendars feature full-color photographs of the Indian Creek watershed. Lottery calendars are $30 each and offer 365 chances to win your money back. Winning numbers are based on the 3-digit daily number from the Pennsylvania Lottery’s EVENING …