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Small Money, Real Organizing: WV Rivers Mini-Grants Are Due October 15
WV Rivers Coalition’s Community Action Mini-Grant Program supports local water advocacy projects across West Virginia. The next application deadline is October 15, 2026.
Up to $7,000 for Your Water Trail Project: PEC Mini-Grants Open Through November 4
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s 2026 PA Water Trails Mini-Grants are open. Nonprofits and municipalities can apply for $1,000 to $7,000 through November 4, with an applicant webinar October 5.
Eco Scouts: A Free Six-Week Sustainability Series Comes to McKeesport
A lot of watershed work starts long before a drop of water reaches the stream, in the everyday decisions people…
Drink Your Watershed: Three Rivers Waterkeeper’s 5th Annual Fundraiser for Clean Water
Every creek in our network eventually becomes somebody else’s river. For the headwaters that drain toward Pittsburgh, that somebody is…
The New MS4 Permit and Your Watershed: Two Sessions to Catch on October 20
Beth Uhler on Pennsylvania’s new draft MS4 permit and Laura Blood on finding your watershed, at the free Mid Mon Stormwater Workshop in Uniontown on October 20.
Small Streams, Big Stakes: Clean Water Act Comments Due October 9
A new federal WOTUS proposal could drop Clean Water Act protection for most wetlands and seasonal streams. Comments are due October 9. Here’s how to weigh in.
Two Days of Riparian Buffer Training at Stroud This October
Riparian forest buffers are the workhorse of stream restoration, and few places teach them better than the people who study…
Could Crushed Concrete Help Clean Up Mine Drainage? New Research Says Maybe
The mountains of crushed concrete left over when buildings and roads come down might have a second life in mine…
Ohio Towns Are Taking Out Their Dams, and the Mahoning Is Next
Across Ohio, cities are looking at the low head dams in their rivers and deciding they are more liability than…
West Virginia’s Water Funding Outlook Just Got Tighter
The federal money that has propped up West Virginia’s water and sewer upgrades for the past four years is running…
Logs, Rocks, and Better Fish Habitat Coming to South Branch French Creek
One of the most biologically rich stream systems in the Allegheny watershed is getting some in-stream attention this month. Crews…
Pittsburgh Water Makes It Easier to Climb Out of Utility Debt
Water debt has a way of compounding: miss a few bills and the past due balance grows faster than most…
