News

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Recruiting Volunteers for Weekly Water Monitoring

By Taylor Robbins / March 20, 2023

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…

Finding Hope in Rostraver’s Wellpad Denial

By James Cato / March 7, 2023

After 10 months of hearings, presentations, and appeals from the public, the Rostraver Zoning Hearing Board denied Olympus Energy’s application for a special exemption to build its Hera Well Pad…

Nearly 200 Acres Along Rasler Run To Be Protected

By Taylor Robbins / March 6, 2023

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…

MWA’s 2022 Year In Review

By Hannah Spencer / March 1, 2023

With 2022 in the rearview mirror, we are excited to ring in 2023 with good news, upcoming events, and the announcement of two open staff positions.  We are eager to share the 2022 Year…

MAX Environmental Withdraws Expansion Application!

By James Cato / March 1, 2023

MAX Environmental, the hazardous waste landfill overlooking Yukon PA, wants to get bigger. Residents of the town want the opposite. When the company applied for expansion permits along Sewickley Creek,…

Urge Blackstone to Divest from Invenergy!

By James Cato / February 9, 2023

            The threat of a gas-fired “Allegheny Energy Center” (AEC) has loomed over our region since 2016, when Invenergy proposed the power plant along the Youghiogheny River in Buena Vista. Although…

PA American Water in Negotiations to Purchase the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority

By Madison Hinkle / February 7, 2023

PA American Water has indicated its wishes to buy the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority (ICVWA). If successful, the move would result in privatizing the now-public entity, reflecting a larger…

Zoning Hearing Board Issues Decision on Mountain Pines Campground Expansion

By Madison Hinkle / January 20, 2023

Diamond Properties, LLC, owner of the Mountain Pines Campground in Saltlick Township, is seeking to expand its campground operations onto the neighboring property that currently houses the former Clifford N.…

Kalp Treatment System Awarded Funds for Expansion

By Taylor Robbins / January 20, 2023

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…

Planting Trees to Stabilize the Streambank

By Sarah Anthony / January 3, 2023

On October 20th, MWA assisted Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Fish and Boat Commission in live staking.  Live staking is used to increase fish habitat, slope strength, and plant cover. The…