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Over 50 participate in Grassroots Organizing Summit
From October 12-14th, Mountain Watershed Association hosted a Grassroots Organizing Summit for leaders working on issues related to shale gas and petrochemical development in our region. To make the Summit…
Read MoreDonate to Complete the Gorge Section of the Indian Creek Valley Trail
The Indian Creek Valley Trail gorge section extends 4.3 miles from Camp Christian to the confluence of Indian Creek and the Youghiogheny River. Once we reach that point our goal…
Read MoreLocal Citizens Step Up To Help Protect Their Waterways
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…
Read MoreAmerikohl Appeals OSM’s Curry Decision
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…
Read MoreRecap of Recent Rustic Ridge Community Meeting
On Thursday, March 1st, Mountain Watershed Association and Concerned Citizens hosted a community meeting to discuss the outcome of our legal appeal of LCT Energy’s Rustic Ridge Deep Mine permit.…
Read MoreImportant Rustic Ridge Deep Mine Update
As MWA has discussed before multiple times, we have been fighting the Rustic Ridge mine for various reasons – the effect on property values, traffic, air pollution, aesthetic beauty of…
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