Posts by Ryan Clover
Meet Our New MWA Staff
We are excited to welcome three new staff members to Mountain Watershed Association this Fall! We have welcomed a new Americorps member through the Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps AmeriCorps program.…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreFracking Company Largely Ignores Central Issues At Hearing
On November 5th, 2019, the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County held a hearing on the freshwater pump station which Huntley & Huntley Exploration, now Olympus Energy, operates in Blythedale Park. Protect Elizabeth Township, a group of concerned community members, challenged Huntley & Huntley’s use of public parklands as a private water withdrawal pump station for fracking infrastructure.
Read MoreAmerikohl Appeals OSM’s Curry Decision
The Curry mine proposal began as far back as 2009 and has been an ongoing battle over whether to allow strip mining along the Great Allegheny Passage and whether timbering…
Read MoreEducation & Outreach: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!
On March 13, 2018 our Education & Outreach Coordinator, Jena, had the pleasure of working with Ms. White’s preschool class of the Head Start/Early Head Start of Fayette County. As…
Read MoreResidents Evacuated After High Pressure Gas Pipeline Leak in Somerset
Nearly 100 Somerset County residents were evacuated on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, after emergency responders were alerted to a high pressure gas leak originating from a natural gas pipeline near…
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