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EPA Issues Consent Order to MAX Environmental

By Colleen O'Neil / May 7, 2024

On Friday, April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency filed a Consent Order on MAX Environmental Technologies, Inc., allowing its Yukon facility to continue operations in a limited capacity.  This…

Trail Tuesdays return for Summer!

By Colleen O'Neil / April 25, 2024

At 6:30 pm every Tuesday in the summer, MWA will lead a series of walks along the Indian Creek Valley Trail! These will be relaxed group walks from 1-3 miles,…

Fayette County Restricts Injection Wells!

By Colleen O'Neil / April 23, 2024

On March 21, Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously to protect the health and welfare of Fayette County residents by restricting oil and gas wastewater injection well development. While the ordinance…

DEP rejects petition to protect the Laurel Highlands; MWA appeals

By Melissa Marshall / March 25, 2024

On Friday, March 22, 2024, Mountain Watershed Association filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Environmental Protection’s rejection of the non-profit’s “Unsuitable for Mining” Petition, which could protect 11,000 acres…

New signs along Sewickley Creek send a warning

By Colleen O'Neil / March 20, 2024

Mountain Watershed Association and Yukon community members installed two informational warning signs on the banks of Sewickley Creek, near the permitted discharge point of MAX Environmental Technologies Landfill #6 on…

Boots on the Ground: Community Outreach in the Rustic Ridge Expansion Area

By Stacey Magda / March 19, 2024

Over the last several months, Mountain Watershed Association’s advocacy team has traveled door-to-door (through wind, rain, sun, and snow!) to properties within the 1700-acre proposed expansion and buffer area of…

Dollar General Wants a New Store in Indian Head

By Madison Hinkle / March 18, 2024

Dollar General is seeking to build a new Dollar General store in Indian Head, Fayette County, along the Indian Creek and Indian Creek Valley Trail. Specifically, Dollar General hopes to…

A Look into the Swallow Falls Bridge Replacement Project

By Madison Hinkle / March 18, 2024

The Garrett County Engineering Department is working to construct a new bridge in Swallow Falls State Park, more specifically, in the Youghiogheny Scenic and Wild River Corridor. Swallow Falls Road, which…

Remembering Black History in Appalachia

By Colleen O'Neil / February 29, 2024

Picture a coal miner. Who do you see? Probably a man, face coated with coal dust, peering out from under a headlamp. Under the coal dust, you’d likely imagine his…

2023 Year in Review

By Colleen O'Neil / February 22, 2024

Having trouble seeing this application? VIEW SIMPLE PDF HERE! A note from the director: At Mountain Watershed Association, I’ve learned that the work of protecting and restoring the places we…