The Montour Run Watershed Association Monday announced it has been selected to receive a $100,000 grant by the S. Kent Rockwell Foundation which will allow the MRWA to perform necessary maintenance on its passive water treatment systems.
The S. Kent Rockwell Foundation Inc. is dedicated to working with others in finding solutions to the problems that exist with our natural resources and wildlife areas.
A goal of the S. Kent Rockwell Foundation is to continue to help the world provide resources to continue to fight against its own self-inflicted flaws and obstruction.
The foundation believes that it is important not only to protect the existing resources that we have, but to also continue to work together to repair the damages that have occurred as our world has continued to develop.
“It is our hope to continue to help spread awareness in the importance of promoting Conservation, Community, Education, and Innovation so that our goals for continued improvement can also be seen by others,” explained Rockwell Trustee Kris Rockwell.
“And this grant to the MRWA falls squarely within our mission. We are pleased to be able to help the MRWA maintain a viable fishery with improved water quality. Because of the MRWA efforts, the Pennsylvania Fish Commission now stocks the stream with trout annually,” he said.
Mark Fedosick, President of the MRWA, expressed his gratitude to the S. Kent Rockwell Foundation and explained “Our passive treatment systems are in need of repair after being in place for as much as 15 years. Without the Foundation’s generous grant, pollutants of iron and acid would be coming back into Montour Run and would jeopardize its clean water and fishery status. We plan to use the funding to clean out and repair the North Fork, McCaslin Road, Boggs Road and Clinton Road projects.”
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The Montour Run Watershed is located in the southwest corner of Allegheny County approximately 12 miles from downtown Pittsburgh and is comprised of portions of six communities, Coraopolis, Imperial, and Findlay, North Fayette, Moon and Robinson Townships.
Established in April 2000, the Montour Run Watershed Association was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in order to protect the Montour Run, to remediate threats to the stream and its environ, and provide long-term stewardship of the Montour Run Watershed.
This includes land, water, and biological resources of the watershed, as we strive to make the Montour Run valley healthier for all its residents.
We accomplish our goals through formal and informal partnerships with citizens groups; businesses; local, regional, state and federal governmental agencies; elected officials; the general public; and foundations such as the S. Kent Rockwell Foundation.
The MRWA actively conducts watershed assessment projects, public outreach and education projects, and stream improvement projects.
For more information, visit the Montour Run Watershed Association website.
(Photo: North Fork Project.)
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