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Posts by Chantelle Hutchens

Service Learning with Movement Outdoors

By Chantelle Hutchens | July 14, 2025 | 0

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…

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Swim Safe this Summer!

By Chantelle Hutchens | July 9, 2025

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…

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Nature’s Highways: Wildlife Corridors

By Chantelle Hutchens | January 29, 2025 | 0

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…

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Help Pollinators & Native Wildlife with Lazy Landscaping!

By Chantelle Hutchens | October 23, 2024 | 0

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…

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Community Rallies around the Fight to Save the Allegheny Mountain

By Chantelle Hutchens | October 1, 2024 | 0

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…

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Join the Fight to Save Allegheny Mountain

By Chantelle Hutchens | September 10, 2024 | 0

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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Curious how to say the name of the river? It's pronounced "yawk-a-gainey" or simply the "yawk." "Youghiogheny" is a Lenape word that means "water following in a contrary direction."

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