A team of senior volunteers, under the umbrella of the Allegheny-Butler Pennsylvania Senior Environment Corps is playing a major role in assessing, protecting, and restoring the Pine Creek Watershed. The watershed covers 67.3 square miles and parts of 14 municipalities.
Growing Greener Success Stories
Audenreid Treatment Project Dedicated, Will Clean Up 34 Miles of Catawissa Creek
Over 150 people attended the dedication for the $2 million Audenreid Mine Tunnel Discharge Treatment Project along the Catawissa Creek in Schuylkill County last weekend.
Ed Wytovich, Catawissa Creek Watershed Association, was joined at the dedication by Schuykill Commissioner Robert Carl, Sen. Rhoades (R-Schuylkill), Rep. Argall (R-Schuylkill) and representatives of a variety of the agencies...
Celebrating Partnerships in the Bennett Branch Watershed
This photo represents the many partners that have joined the efforts of the Bennett Branch Watershed Association since its inception. Federal, state, grassroots organizations and private industry are partnering to clean up the watershed.
On an exceptionally warm April day, members from the Bennett Branch Team, DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty, and other elected officials met...
Project Dedicated that Raises Rainbow Trout in Treated Mine Drainage
Over 225 members and partners of the Toby Creek Watershed Association formally dedicated the completed Blue Valley Mine Drainage Treatment and Fish Culture Station last weekend in Brandy Camp, Elk County.
And as if to endorse the project, the gray winter skies were broken by a bright beam of sunlight just as the local Monsignor...
Watershed Groups in Rural Pennsylvania Have Gone Mainstream
Local watershed organizations are influencing community dynamics—and the nature of environmental stewardship—in rural Pennsylvania, according to a research team at Pennsylvania State University.
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania commissioned the study of rural watershed organizations, which drew on 27 in-depth interviews and questionnaires completed by 172 watershed organizations across the state.
Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility Dedicated in Findlay Township
The first of several abandoned mine drainage remediation facilities to be established under the sponsorship of the Montour Run Watershed Association in western Allegheny County was dedicated on September 30.
The new facility is located on the property of Keith and Mary Kropf at 121 Boggs Road, Findlay Township.
Blacklick Creek Assn. Still Going Strong, 13 Watershed Projects and Counting
It’s tough to start a watershed association, just ask Bob Eppley of the Blacklick Creek Watershed Association in Cambria and Indiana counties. But, the rewards are worth it.
“One of our first projects was an acid mine drainage conference and a mine owner heard me on the radio talking about mine drainage problems,” said Bob...
