Education
2024 Summer Newsletter
It’s hard to believe we’re over halfway through 2024! So much has already happened, and we have more plans to come! Attached to this post is our annual Summer Newsletter,…
Read MoreMWA Collaborates on New Purple Lizard Map!
MWA and Purple Lizard Maps has collaborated on a new map of the Deep Creek Lake and Western Maryland area! This map will offer insight on the headwaters area of…
Read MoreCommunity fun at Family Field Day!
Our second annual Family Field Day at Laurel Hill State Park was a great success! Local and visiting families, totaling over 100 people, enjoyed a free day of paddling, fishing,…
Read MoreMWA Receives $30,000 in Education Funding
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded MWA a grant to continue expanding our outdoor education programs in the Youghiogheny River watershed! Over the past 30 years, we’ve provided…
Read MoreRemembering Black History in Appalachia
Picture a coal miner. Who do you see? Probably a man, face coated with coal dust, peering out from under a headlamp. Under the coal dust, you’d likely imagine his…
Read MorePreview our new ICV Trail signs!
Mountain Watershed Association recently received a grant from the Climate and Rural Systems Partnership (created by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and University of Pittsburgh) to create a series of interpretive signs along the Indian Creek Valley Trail!
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