Posts by Chantelle Hutchens
Service Learning with Movement Outdoors
The Mountain Watershed Association hosted a service learning opportunity with our friends from “Movement Outdoors” on our ICV trail system. Movement, as they refer to themselves, is a local non-profit…
Read MoreSwim Safe this Summer!
It’s here; the middle of summer. The days are long, the sun is hot, and the swimming holes of the Youghingheny River Watershed are calling your name! Before you go…
Read MoreNature’s Highways: Wildlife Corridors
What is a Wildlife Corridor? A wildlife corridor, simply put, is a passageway or path of movement that wildlife use to complete their life cycle. A corridor can refer to…
Read MoreHelp Pollinators & Native Wildlife with Lazy Landscaping!
It’s nearing the end of the growing season here in Western Pennsylvania. The nights get chilly, the wildflowers and herbaceous plants, once fragrant and colorful, will start to turn brown…
Read MoreCommunity Rallies around the Fight to Save the Allegheny Mountain
Last week on Sept 26, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission hosted a Public Meeting regarding the Proposed Allegheny Mountain Tunnel Realignment Project The meeting was packed with environmental groups, local and…
Read MoreJoin the Fight to Save Allegheny Mountain
MWA is joining a citizen-led group to push back on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s plans to demolish the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel and cut a new roadway through the top of…
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