2009 Archived News

12/28/2009 - Passive Treatment System Restores Trout Population In Sterling Run, Centre County More Information

12/3/2009 - Conservation District Wants Your Waterways Stories (Gant Daily) More Information

11/18/2009 - New mine treatment plant far to the north could hold benefit for Susquehanna River in Central Pennsylvania More Information

11/15/2009 - Work begins to revive tainted trout stream near Snow Shoe (Centre Daily Times) More Information

Check It Out! - Kettle Creek Watershed Association launches new blog More Information

11/13/2009 - DEP: New Mine Drainage Treatment Plant Will Improve 35-Plus Miles of the West Branch Susquehanna River More Information

11/13/2009 - Officials Gather for Groundbreaking on Long-Awaited AMD Treatment Facility (Gant Daily) More Information

11/12/2009- Lancashire #15 AMD Treatment Plant Groundbreaking ceremony More Information

11/12/2009 - Project begins to revive Cambria river (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) More Information

11/12/2009 - Barr Township plant will revive aquatic life in river, officials say (The Tribune Democrat) More Information

11/12/2009 - Video: Watershed Clean-up Launched in Cambria County (WTAJ) More Information

11/9/2009 - EPA to Hold Public Meetings on the Development of a Total Maximum Daily Load for the Chesapeake Bay More Information

11/9/2009 - Abandoned Mine in Morris Township to Be Reclaimed (Gant Daily) More Information

11/7/2009 - PA DEP Announces Bid Opportunity for Acid Mine Drainage Abatement Project in Hollywood, Huston Township, Clearfield County and Jay Township, Elk County More information

11/6/2009> - DEP may partner with drillers to clean up acid mine drainage (Pittsburgh Business Times) More Information

11/6/2009 - Senate confirms Pa. regulator to head OSM unit (The Charleston Gazette) More information

10/30/2009 - DEP Announces Nine Projects to Reclaim 235 Abandoned Mine Land Acres - Projects Will Remove Safety Hazards, Improve Water Quality in Susquehanna, Ohio River BasinsMore Information

9/21/2009 - AMD tours educate public (The Progress News) More Information

9/19/2009 - Clearfield Creek Cleanup (We Are Centra PA) More Information

9/13/2009 - Off The List – Babb Creek removal from endangered streams list celebrated (Williamsport Sun Gazette) More Information

9/12/2009 - Stream side ribbon cutting to celebrate the newly reclaimed Babb Creek More Information

9/10/2009 - Rural stream may no longer be endangered (Williamsport Sun Gazette) More Information

9/9/2009 - Groups to laud a pollution-free Babb Creek (The Wellsboro Gazette) More Information

8/24/2009 - Abandoned Mine Drainage...Workshops are overcoming AMD apathy (The Progress) More Information

8/19/2009 - Photo Essay: Abandoned Mine Drainage (gantdaily.com) More Information

8/17/2009 - Groups work to cleanup watersheds (The Progress) More Information

8/17/2009 - AMD Educational Tour Takes Trip Along Anderson Creek Watershed (gantdaily.com) More Information

8/13/2009 - WBSRC & TU Interns Present River Study More Information

7/30/2009 - West Branch Susquehanna AMD-restoration Work featured in July 2009 edition of Coal People Magazine Download Article, View Magazine

7/27/2009 - West Branch Susquehanna Headwaters Abandoned Mine Drainage Mini-Symposium &Tour a Success!More Information

7/17/2009 - Trout Unlimited Releases Economic Benefits Summary Report

6/29/2009 - Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Efforts Help Improve Curwensville Lake More information

6/17/2009 - Local Coal Firm to Reclaim Abandoned Mine in Girard Township More information

6/15/2009 - Clearfield Creek Watershed Association to celebrate two AMD-projects on July 10th More information

5/21/2009 - PA DEP Awards $1.8 Million Contract to Reclaim 146-acre Surface Mine in Clearfield County More information

5/21/2009 - PA DEP Awards 13 Contracts to Reclaim 340-acres of Dangerous Abandoned Mine Lands - Including areas in the West Branch Susquehanna Watershed More information

3/3/2009 - DEP Restores 960 Acres Of Abandoned Mine Lands, Degraded Streams In 2008 More information

2/28/2009 - Projects aim to improve Susquehanna Basin by 2010 More information

2/28/2009 - Basin's problem areas are targeted More information

2/25/2009 - DEP issues report ... Moshannon Creek watershed must limit pollutants More information

2/23/2009 - Presentation On Economic Benefits Study Of West Branch Susquehanna Mine Water Cleanup More information

2/23/2009 - Federal deadline looms for river cleanup programs More information

2/23/2009 - Renewal projects target West Branch headwaters More information

2/20/2009 - Draft of TMDL Proposal to be presented at Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition Meeting 2/24/2009 More information

2/20/2009 - DEP announces Growing Greener Awards. Several WBSRC partners awarded More information

1/29/2009 - Mining Project Will Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands, Eliminate Discharge to Moshannon Creek

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