Acid mine drainage (AMD) has left Catawissa Creek and its largest tributary, Tomhickon Creek, essentially devoid of fish and other aquatic life. The discharge comes from the Audenreid Mine Tunnel, which is the largest abandoned mine drainage discharge in the watershed. Its location at the headwaters of Catawissa Creek has been impacting the entire watershed […]
Treating AMD from Bridgeville Mine
Thanks to the Allegheny Land Trust and Environmental Stewardship Fund funding, discharge from abandoned mine drainage (AMD) from Bridgeville Mine, which closed in the early 1950s, can now be treated. The project restored the health of the water and created a pedestrian area for residents to learn about the areas natural resources. The treatment center […]
Miller Run AMD Treatment
When the Shoup’s Run Watershed Association was founded in 1998, Shoup’s Run and its major tributary, Miller Run, were on the list of Pennsylvania’s impaired waters. They had problems with flooding and erosion, were polluted from acid mine drainage, and contained very little aquatic life. But hidden in this impacted watershed was an ecological gem. […]
Expanding the White Clay Greenway
Franklin Township in Chester County has become a key player in the preservation efforts within the White Clay Creek watershed. In 2008 and 2009, a Growing Greener II grant allowed Franklin Township to acquire three properties along the creek, for a total of 233 acres preserved. The two properties purchased in 2008 are a part […]
Protecting Rock Point
In 2007, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) awarded the Wild Waterways Conservancy (WWC) a Growing Greener II grant to use towards acquiring 86 acres of land at the confluence of Connoquenessing Creek and the Beaver River in Lawrence and Beaver counties. Other partners— including Lawrence County, Wild Waterways Conservancy, and the […]