Conservation
A Look into the Swallow Falls Bridge Replacement Project
The Garrett County Engineering Department is working to construct a new bridge in Swallow Falls State Park, more specifically, in the Youghiogheny Scenic and Wild River Corridor. Swallow Falls Road, which…
Read MoreMeet MWA’s New Ford Lightning!
Mountain Watershed Association just took a big step toward a sustainable future! We received a donation from the Walter Limbach Family Fund specifically to purchase a Ford F-150 Lightning XLT in order to reduce our carbon footprint when traveling around the watershed!
Read MoreSeeking Land Committee Members!
“All nature is doing her best each moment to make us well—she exists for no other end. Do not resist her,” Henry David Thoreau (Journal, 23 August 1853). Whether you…
Read MoreWhat would Rachel Carson say about roadside spraying?
An essay by guest writer and MWA member DARYLN BREWER HOFFSTOT. Daryln’s book, “A Farm Life: Observations of Fields and Forests” was published recently by Stackpole Books. This essay was…
Read More185 Acres of Mineral Rights Protected!
Mountain Watershed Association is happy to announce that it has become the new owner of a large parcel of mineral rights in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County.
Read MoreHellbender Surveys Conducted in the Yough
Over the three days on June 20, 21, and 22, Mountain Watershed Association and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy conducted a survey of the Youghiogheny Watershed for the elusive Eastern Hellbender.…
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