The LCT Limited Liability Corp submitted a full application for the Rustic Ridge mine to the Department of Environmental Protection on April 7. For more information on this proposal see our previous blog posts here and here. This proposal is …
OSM Issues Cessation Order to Amerikohl, Amerikohl Appeals
As a result of a follow-up inspection conducted on the Curry Mine site (see our write-up about the first inspection here), OSM has issued a cessation order to Amerikohl requiring that it cease operations on the site until it complies with …
Join us for our Annual Banquet & Silent Auction!
Happy Birthday to MWA! The Board of Directors of the Mountain Watershed Association invites you to help celebrate our 20th anniversary by joining us for our 9th Annual Clean Water Banquet & Silent Auction on Saturday, April 26th, 2014. Auction …
Delmont Informational Meeting Scheduled for April 1
On April 1, 2014, MWA is holding a community meeting in Delmont, PA regarding Marcellus activities in the area. The meeting will be from 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and will take place at the Delmont Volunteer Fire Department. …
Help Build the Bridge!
The Missing Link is YOU! Your support will bring us one plank closer to building the bridge in the Donegal section of the Indian Creek Valley Trail. We have received a challenge grant for construction of the bridge over Indian …
The DEP’s Forced Pooling Frankenstein
The following post is a more in-depth discussion of yesterday’s post on forced pooling. Please email Nick with any questions. We are grateful to Bob Donnan of www.marcellus-shale.us for use of the photo of a drilling site near Avella, Pennsylvania …
Forced Pooling Coming to a Town Near You?
We are grateful to Bob Donnan of www.marcellus-shale.us for use of the photo of a drilling site near Avella, Pennsylvania which accompanies this post. On March 25th and 26th in New Castle, PA, the DEP will be holding a hearing regarding an …
MWA Accompanies OSM on Curry Mine Inspection
Yesterday our Yough Riverkeeper Krissy Kasserman and Community Advocate Nick Kennedy attended an Office of Surface Mining inspection of the Curry Mine site. Admittedly, it was raining. That said, during our time on the site we did not see a …
Summer is for swimming!
We need your help! Suggest your favorite swim hole in the Yough watershed for sampling this summer! We have received funds from The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Health and The Environmental Giving Circle to conduct water sampling at popular swimming locations during Summer 2014. …
OSM determines timbering on Curry site is related to mining
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, …