The 2016 Yough River Symposium was a success!  The symposium was sponsored by Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited with co-sponsors MWA and the Fayette County Conservation District.  There were twenty presentations with a…
In front of a packed house, the Elizabeth Township Zoning Hearing Board voted tonight 4-1 to deny Allegheny Energy Center, LLC’s request for use, noise, and height variances to construct a…
Tomorrow night (June 14th) the Elizabeth Township Zoning Hearing Board will render a decision whether or not to grant a use variance for Allegheny Energy Center, the proposed gas power…
This position is offered through the Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corporation and is a 300 hour temporary position ending August 12, 2016. Position will be housed at the Mountain Watershed Association…
The RECLAIM Act would free up $1 billion over next five years from the federal Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Fund to address two pressing issues relating to the decline of…
We’re pleased to announce that Stony Run, a tributary of Indian Creek in Springfield Township, Fayette County, has been placed on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Existing Use list as…
Local recreation enthusiasts and dog lovers Jim and Louise Sprowls say that clean water is not only important to them but to their beloved dogs as well. Their three dogs, Charlie,…
As the school year nears its end and we start looking forward to warmer weather and time spent on the water, happy people are flocking to the Youghiogheny River watershed.…
This morning, an explosion occurred on the Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline in Salem Township, Westmoreland County injuring one person and decimating a nearby home. The explosion occurred near the intersection of…
The air was tense last Thursday morning as oil and gas company representatives, along with those who have been harmed by their practices, filled up the Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s (IRRC)…