Cleaning a body of water is a complicated and expensive process, but the area’s waterways show even the worst polluted rivers, lakes and creeks can be restored to productive fisheries […]
Tag: Friends of Deckers Creek
Congress must pass the STREAM Act
At the end of March, Rep. David McKinley cosponsored the House version of the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act (STREAM Act). The bill is […]
Local watershed groups make plans for windfall of Abandoned Mine Lands funds for acid mine drainage projects
MORGANTOWN – Two local watershed groups are looking forward to opportunities to receive new federal infrastructure money to support their missions of stream preservation and community enhancement. The Dominion Post […]
Preliminary survey on stream bank restoration starts
It’s the perfect time of year to survey a creek. Which is exactly what Catherine McElroy and Courtney Petracca, both geologists for Green Rivers LLC, were doing in the Marilla […]
Arthurdale Heritage to host local, national exhibits
ARTHURDALE — Visitors to Arthurdale Heritage will be able to learn about the history and legacy of the Richard Mine while also viewing the traveling Smithsonian “Crossroads: Change in Rural […]
Rain barrel workshops return with limited slots
MORGANTOWN — Want a conversation starter for your yard that focuses attention on the environment and the need to protect water resources? What about a water reserve for your garden […]
Time to fix AMD flowing into West Run Watershed
When residents and tourists fantasize about West Virginia’s legendary waterways, they don’t imagine the water looking like a melted orange cream-sicle. And right now, the West Run Watershed looks like […]
FODC youth craft series begins today
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Celebrate Water Day with environment-themed crafts and activities throughout the week led by Friends of Deckers Creek. Through collaboration with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Youth Environmental […]
Two areas of land donated to Friends of Deckers Creek
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Early this year, the Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust donated two non-contiguous parcels of land to Friends of Deckers Creek. Both are along Deckers Creek in Sabraton and have […]
Once a pipe dream, Trout Unlimited and FODC continue to help the brown trout population in Deckers Creek thrive
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Brown trout fingerlings kicked up water in the gallon buckets carried by members of the P. Pendleton Kennedy Chapter of Trout Unlimited en route to the calm, […]
