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Community Resources

Rockwood Quarry Comments Due May 12!

By Colleen O'Neil | May 8, 2025 | 0

The Rockwood Quarry, located a short distance from downtown Rockwood and only feet from the Great Allegheny Passage Trail (pictured above), has applied to expand. Per the PA Bulletin, it…

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“They don’t have a plan.” Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill’s Leachate Problem

By Em Hough | March 31, 2025 | 0

On March 20, 2025, residents of the Mon Valley, regional environmental groups, attorneys, and scientists gathered in the Rostraver Fire Hall to provide public comment on Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill’s most…

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Public Meetings on the Sale of ICVWA to Pennsylvania American Water

By Stacey Magda | March 18, 2025 | 0

Meetings are happening to talk about selling the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority (ICVWA) to Pennsylvania American Water Company (PAWC). This sale could affect our community for a long time.…

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Title V and Tenaska: Community Meeting Announcement 

By Em Hough | February 5, 2025 | 0

The Tenaska Generating Station is located in South Huntingdon Township, just behind the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival. This 940-megawatt combined cycle power plant makes electricity using both a gas turbine and…

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Fire Warnings for the Yough Watershed

By Colleen O'Neil | November 7, 2024 | 0

To reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires due to dry weather conditions, low water levels in communities, and fire activity, Pennsylvania DCNR, Maryland DNR, and the state of West Virginia…

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Boots on the Ground: Community Outreach in the Rustic Ridge Expansion Area

By Stacey Magda | March 19, 2024 | 0

Over the last several months, Mountain Watershed Association’s advocacy team has traveled door-to-door (through wind, rain, sun, and snow!) to properties within the 1700-acre proposed expansion and buffer area of…

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Curious how to say the name of the river? It's pronounced "yawk-a-gainey" or simply the "yawk." "Youghiogheny" is a Lenape word that means "water following in a contrary direction."

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