On Saturday, September 22 nearly 200 people gathered at C.W. Resh Park in Indian Head, Pennsylvania for the annual Indian Creek Watershed Festival. One of the highlights of the event…
On Thursday July 19th, MWA had a group of high school interns through the Youth Philanthropy Internship Program with Community Foundation of Westmoreland County visit the organization. The goal of…
On Saturday, July 7th, Mountain Watershed Association worked with ALLARM (Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring) to host a Shale Gas Water Quality Monitoring workshop at the Blythedale Firehall in Elizabeth…
Invenergy, via their subsidiary Allegheny Energy Corporation (AEC), has initiated what appears to be their fourth attempt to construct a 550 megawatt gas-fired power plant in the residentially zoned neighborhoods of…
On June 12, community members interested in the Indian Creek Valley Trail gathered to discuss the progress, development, and maintenance of the trail. A key issue at the meeting was…
As part of our outreach efforts, Mountain Watershed Association regularly connects with local residents who have been impacted by shale gas development. In Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Brent Broadwater at…
The Curry mine proposal began as far back as 2009 and has been an ongoing battle over whether to allow strip mining along the Great Allegheny Passage and whether timbering…
On Saturday, April 21st, nearly 50 individuals traveling from areas as far as Pittsburgh joined Mountain Watershed Association for our 2018 Birds & Blooms Walk in the Indian Creek Gorge.…
Swimming, fishing, and outdoor splendor! Â The Youghiogheny River and the Laurel Highlands have so much to offer. Mountain Watershed Association and the Youghiogheny Riverkeeper have been actively defending the river…
In Coudersport, Pennsylvania, Seneca Nation has been rallying to protect the headwaters of the Allegheny River – known to the Senecas as the Ohi:yo’ to mean “beautiful waters”. Since June 2017,…
Through a recent “Right to Know” request, MWA learned that the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC) was approached to lease large…
A whole year after MWA learned about lead pollution in Blue Hole Creek in Forbes State Forest, this once-pristine stream remains contaminated…
Recently, many Indian Creek Valley Water Authority (ICVWA) customers opened their mail and found a “Rate Impact Notice” about possible future rate…
MWA has filed an appeal challenging a decision to cut millions of dollars in financial protections for damage from underground coal mining…
It’s my favorite time of year! EGG SEASON. No, not just Easter egg hunts. But the time of year where some birds…