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Fundraising Campaign

Another Successful Golf Scramble for the ICV Trail! 

By Colleen O'Neil | June 28, 2023 | 0

We held our third annual golf scramble for the Indian Creek Valley Trail on Saturday, June 24 at Donegal Highlands Golf Course. This year’s fundraiser benefitted the gorge washout on…

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Raising Funds to Purchase Land and Protect Rasler Run

By Taylor Robbins | August 11, 2022 | 0

MWA is proposing to purchase a 192.6 acre property in Fayette County which borders Indian Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, and Rasler Run, a tributary to Indian Creek.…

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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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