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High Quality Streams – High Quality Fish

March 15, 2022
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The Youghiogheny River Watershed is known for its clean and cool tributaries, fishing, whitewater rafting, and coal mining.  Our industrial minded history…

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Area Landfills Accept Toxic Shale Gas Waste

February 15, 2022
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Shale gas development through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Western Pennsylvania has been consistent for over a decade. As the natural gas industry…

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The Ramifications of Renewing Mariner East’s Permits

January 13, 2022
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In just a few weeks – February 12 – the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) construction permits for Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline…

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MWA’s Nurdle Patrols, 1-Year Later

November 22, 2021
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In the water, nurdles can be mistaken for a bubble. On land, they look like a rounded quartz pebble. But unlike quartz,…

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A step-by-step guide to logging in and bidding for the Yough Defense Party Virtual Auction

November 5, 2021

The Yough Defense Party is back! Join us in-person on the partio at the Falls City Pub on Thursday, November 18th starting…

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