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February 17: Public Hearing on Shaw Coal Refuse Site

February 2, 2021
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Join MWA stand up to the proposed Shaw Mine Coal Refuse Site by attending the virtual public hearing February 17. This proposed…

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Subsidence is Damaging Properties in Footprint of Rustic Ridge Deep Mine

January 30, 2021
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“I have been fighting this mine since before it was put in the ground and now I am falling into it,” noted…

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Land Donation for Public Use

January 20, 2021
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            Mountain Watershed Association has received a donation of a twenty-one-acre stretch of undeveloped land along the Indian Creek Valley Trail to be…

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Public Meeting on Proposed Coal Activity in South Huntington

January 19, 2021
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On February 3, 2020 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a virtual meeting where residents can voice their concerns about…

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Springs: What They Are and Why We’re Testing Them

January 14, 2021
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Springs are a natural source of fresh, cold, flowing water that have undoubtedly attracted humans to them for millennia. Entire communities have…

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