News

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How to filter water for outdoor adventures

By Colleen O'Neil / September 6, 2023

Clean drinking water is essential for a long day on the trail, so you should always have a plan for gathering and purifying it before you head out the door.

Water Guardians After-School Club Returns to Connellsville!

By Colleen O'Neil / August 31, 2023

Mountain Watershed Association is excited to announce another season of the Water Guardians After School Club!

What’s up with that water? (Summer Edition!)

By Taylor Robbins / August 29, 2023

The summer season allows us to experience beautiful events like blooming native flowers or feeling the warm sun on our faces as we go for a swim, but sometimes we see things in the water that aren’t so pretty.

Updates on the Invenergy Appeal Hearing

By James Cato / August 14, 2023

More than seven years have passed since Invenergy’s “Allegheny Energy Center” (AEC) was first proposed to the community. In 2021, the Allegheny County Health Department granted the AEC an air…

Our Comments on the Nicholson Township Injection Well

By Colleen O'Neil / August 2, 2023

Since early last month, Mountain Watershed Association has been working with like-minded groups, Nicholson Township community members, township supervisors, Fayette County Commissioners, and Representative Charity Grimm Krupa to oppose the…

Third Annual Yough River Float!

By Colleen O'Neil / July 26, 2023

Mountain Watershed Association staff, family members, and friends had a fun time paddling the Bottom Yough with Hazelbaker’s Canoe Rentals on Sunday, July 23!

First Annual Lower Yough Loop Race

By Colleen O'Neil / July 20, 2023

On Saturday, July 15, Mountain Watershed Association, in partnership with the Great Falls Foundation and Wilderness Voyageurs, held the first annual Lower Yough Loop Race in Ohiopyle State Park! 

First Ever Injection Well Proposed for Fayette County

By James Cato / July 7, 2023

There is an opportunity to comment on Fayette County’s first proposed injection well for fracking waste coming up soon on July 11, 2023, at 6pm.  This injection well would repurpose…

Hellbender Surveys Conducted in the Yough

By Colleen O'Neil / June 28, 2023

Over the three days on June 20, 21, and 22, Mountain Watershed Association and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy conducted a survey of the Youghiogheny Watershed for the elusive Eastern Hellbender.…

Family Field Day at Laurel Hill State Park

By Colleen O'Neil / June 28, 2023

Family Field Day at Laurel Hill State Park On June 23, Mountain Watershed Association and Laurel Hill State Park Rangers held the first Family Field Day at Laurel Hill State…