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SCWA cleans Rock Gap Run
from The Morgan Messenger, 4/16/2008

 

 

SCWA wins state watershed award
from The Morgan Messenger, 11/14/2007

The Sleepy Creek Watershed Association of Morgan County won one of the 15 top honors for West Virginia watersheds at the Watershed Celebration Day in Morgantown on November 4. SCWA earned the Non-Point Award for the watershed association striving to protect its watershed from the impacts of polluted runoff.

For the ninth year, watershed groups from all across West Virginia were recognized by the West Virginia Watershed Network for their efforts in protecting and restoring local watersheds. Over 100 volunteers, members of more than 35 watershed associations, attended the event at the Lakeview Resort in Morgantown.

In the spring of 2007, SCWA partnered with the WV Department of Environmental Protection, WV Division of Forestry, Eastern Panhandle Conservation District, and the Chesapeake Bay Program to complete a $4,000 riparian buffer planting project along two sites on the main stem of Sleepy Creek. More than 25 volunteers participated in the event which included training by the Morgan county forester and the planting of 320 trees.

SCWA plays an active part in the development of the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy. Members meet routinely with the Bay Strategy Committee, and Sleepy Creek is a priority watershed in this program. SCWA Board members are working with the Sleepy Creek Project Team to develop an implementation plan and remediation project to continue reducing nutrient and sediment loading of the Chesapeake Bay.

The West Virginia Watershed Network is an informal association of interests with a mission to collaboratively support efforts and provide resources necessary to empower local residents to make decisions for sustainable management of their resources.

Sponsors for this year’s event include West Virginia’s 14 Conservation Districts, American Electric Power, Burgess & Niple, Dominion Foundation, US Office of Surface Mining, US Environmental Protection, WV Conservation Agency, WV Division of Highways, WV Watershed Resource Center, WV Soil and Water Conservation Society and WV Commission for National and Community Service

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Sleepy Creek Watershed Association
P.O. Box 991
Berkeley Springs, WV 25411