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Posts by Taylor Robbins

Recruiting Volunteers for Weekly Water Monitoring

By Taylor Robbins | March 20, 2023 | 0

Mountain Watershed Association will be holding a Volunteer Training Day for water quality sampling on April 12th at 2pm at MWA’s office in Melcroft, PA. At the training, volunteers will…

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Nearly 200 Acres Along Rasler Run To Be Protected

By Taylor Robbins | March 6, 2023 | 0

MWA is proud to announce that we are now the sole owners of 186.17 acres of property in the Indian Creek Valley Gorge. The property is located in Springfield Township…

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Kalp Treatment System Awarded Funds for Expansion

By Taylor Robbins | January 20, 2023 | 0

On Monday, January 16th, 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced that Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) was awarded a total of $222,482 for the The Kalp Passive Treatment…

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Raising Funds to Purchase Land and Protect Rasler Run

By Taylor Robbins | August 11, 2022 | 0

MWA is proposing to purchase a 192.6 acre property in Fayette County which borders Indian Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, and Rasler Run, a tributary to Indian Creek.…

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  • Recruiting Volunteers for Weekly Water Monitoring
  • Finding Hope in Rostraver’s Wellpad Denial
  • Nearly 200 Acres Along Rasler Run To Be Protected
  • MWA’s 2022 Year In Review

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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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