With support from the Environmental Stewardship Fund, over 100 acres of land between the Scotia Barrens and State Game Land 176 on Bald Eagle Mountain in Centre County will remain an undeveloped wildlife corridor. While ridges and mountains may be the most noticeable of the area’s natural treasures, an exceptional ecosystem known as the Scotia […]
Volunteers Come Together to Restore a Watershed
“No paycheck can deliver the kind of satisfaction that we receive from putting a little sweat and effort into helping reverse the detrimental effects of human activities on our streams,” says Frank Weeks when discussing the work of the Upper Allegheny Watershed Association (UAWA). The mission of UAWA is to establish a comprehensive, locally driven […]
Watershed Groups in Rural Pennsylvania Have Gone Mainstream
According to a research team at Penn State University, local watershed organizations are influencing community dynamics—and the nature of environmental stewardship—in rural Pennsylvania. 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. “We got into this […]
