Davis, West Virginia -West Virginia Watershed Network recognized watershed groups from all across West Virginia for their efforts in protecting and restoring local watershed on November 13, 2009, at Blackwater Falls State Park during the 11th annual Watershed Celebration Day. Over 100 volunteers attended the event and were given awards for their work to create partnerships, implement projects, educate their communities, and monitor water quality to determine project success.
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InDEPth is published monthly by the WV Department of Environmental Protection. In the October 2009 edition, "Pipeline to Prosperity" tells the story of how Ashland's Wastewater Treatment Plan is reshaping the McDowell County, West Virginia community. See the article by Tom Aluise on page 4.
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October 27, 2009-ARC Federal Co-Chair Anne Pope and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, the 2009 ARC States' Co-Chair, announced today the winners of the third grant competition promoting the development of renewable energy resources and the implementation of energy efficiency practices. Grants totaling $760,000 were awarded for 18 winning projects in 12 Appalachian states focusing on a broad range of green energy technologies and educational programs.
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by Chris Stadelman, The Parsons (WV) Advocate
October 17, 2009 - Canaan Valley Institute's new building features state-of-the-art laboratory and conference space, colorful tile of recycled porcelain and glass in the entry way and scenic views from every employee's window. But what they really hope visitors will do is use the bathroom. Of all the high-tech opportunities the facility will offer staff members and visiting scientists, the "Living Machine" may be what construction manager Dan Wheeler is most proud of.
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by Kathryn Gregory, The Charleston Gazette
October 3, 2009 - More than 20 volunteers descended on Coonskin Park in Charleston, West Virginia, determined to get their hands dirty while cutting and building a new 700-foot-long trail through the park. The trail weaves below the new golf-learning center on a hillside across from the tennis courts. It is the first part of a five-mile, multiphase sustainability plan that Ken Dzack, land manager for Canaan Valley Institute, has proposed and mapped out for the park.
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by Terry Stone for The Parsons (WV) Advocate
August 19, 2009-A plan to connect hiking and biking trails in Canaan Valley is getting a boost thanks to more than $200,000 in state grants for the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Canaan Valley Institute. The project will get an additional boost with a $40,000 match from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and 120 volunteer hours from the Tucker County Trail Association.
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by Jenni Vincent in The Martinsburg (WV) Journal
July 4, 2009-Alana Hartman knows that good things come to those who wait, and those who work hard for what they want. That's because Hartman, who is employed as the West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection's Potomac Basin coordinator, recently learned that local cooperative efforts to assemble a successful Mill Creek watershed-based plan will soon pay off financially.
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by Miriam Dickler in Virginia Town & City, a magazine of the Virginia Municipal League
May 2009-Restoring Blacks Run, an urban stream that traverses much of the City of Harrisonburg, Virginia, is testing the resourcefulness of community groups and the city government as they work to reclaim the once poorly-functioning, polluted waterway.
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May 7, 2009-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to the West Virginia Watershed Network for exemplary service in promoting watershed conservation. The award recognizes the watershed network for empowering the residents of West Virginia in managing water resources through informal partnerships with state and federal agencies including Interior’s Office of Surface Mining and nonprofit groups.
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from Pennsylvania Borough News
April 2009-Pennsylvania still suffers from the legacy of 180,000 acres of abandoned mine lands dating back to when coal mining began in the Commonwealth in the 1700s. Highly acidic water still drains into the state's local streams and lakes, turning an estimated 4,600 miles of rivers and streams orange and smothering and destroying aquatic life. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's new initiative-- the Mid-Atlantic Highlands Action Program (HAP)--provided three thousand dollars in grant money for students at Clearfield Area High School to make changes in the environmental future of their local community.
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by Karen Gardner, The Frederick (MD) News Post
February 11, 2009-Federick County (MD) is expected to get another round of state grants to help homeowners replace aging, inefficient septic tanks that leak nitrogen into groundwater. Most of the $712,000 the state allocated in 2007 for new tanks is spent or will be spent by this summer, said Kristin Mielcarek, watershed circuit rider for the Canaan Valley Institute, a nonprofit organization that lends expertise to local governments in the mid-Atlantic area on water issues. The second round of state grants is scheduled to begin in July, said John Boris, project manager with the Water Management Administration of the Maryland Department of the Environment.
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by Sarah Moses, Cumberland (MD) Times-News
Oakland, MD-Once again, Crellin Elementary School and one of its teachers have received national recognition. The school has been named a national Title I Distinguished Schools recognized by the US Deparment of Education for the second year in a row. Also honored was fifth-grade teacher Becky Sanders with the Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award through the National Environmental Education Foundation. "When I was growing up in Crellin, you didn't have a chance to be anything but trouble," Rodney Reckart, President of the Crellin Elementary PTO, said. "Now, I actually have teachers at the middle school telling me (the students) are doing well."
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by Jenny Jones, Harrisonburg (VA) Daily News Record
February 2, 2009-Harrisonburg officials and representatives from various environmental organizations broke ground on the Purcell Park Stream Restoration Project on Thursday.
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A “Switching Station Database” of links to online water-monitoring gages in West Virginia has been developed by the West Virginia Water Gaging Council and can be accessed from their public web site at http://wvwgc.wvca.us. Available water-monitoring gages include precipitation, streamflow, stream stage, lake and reservoir stage, and ground-water level gages operated by Council members and others.
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