Shade Creek Watershed Association

03/14/2026

We have moved our monthly meeting location.

Our meeting will now be held at the VFW in Central City on the 3rd Friday of each month at 6:30PM.

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10/30/2025

Congratulations Larry!!!

Lawrence Hutchinson, Shade Creek Watershed Assn., Somerset County, Recognized With PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Mayfly Award; Conference Presentations Posted [PaEN] https://tinyurl.com/24fsmfn8

03/13/2025

Shade Creek Watershed Association is looking to fill an open board member seat. If you are interested in becoming part of our team, you can visit our website at www.shadecreekwatershed.org to send us a message. We also hold our meetings on the 3rd Friday of each month at 6:30PM in person at our office (1221 No.1 Rd in Cairnbrook). Meetings are open to the public.

The Shade Creek Watershed Association was formed to protect and restore water quality and fish habitat on Shade Creek and it's tributaries in Somerset County located in southwestern Pennsylvania.

09/19/2024

When a group of concerned Cairnbrook and Central City citizens decided to do something about the orange-stained, lifeless Dark Shade Creek that ran through their communities in the early 1990s,

10/27/2023

Due to unexpected events, our meeting tonight has been changed to virtual on Google Meets at 6:30pm. Sorry for the short notice, but we did not want to reschedule the meeting again.

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10/06/2023

Due to scheduling conflicts, we will be moving our October SCWA meeting to Friday the 27th at 6:30pm. The meeting will be at our office (1221 No.1 Rd Cairnbrook) and on Google meets.

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09/24/2023

This is the next step in building a large active treatment system to clean up Shade Creek.

Shapiro Administration Awards $38.76 Million in Grants for Environmental Restoration Projects: https://bit.ly/3ZoHepn

Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced $38.76 million in funding for six environmental restoration projects of abandoned mine lands in the first of three rounds of the 2023 Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage (AML/AMD) Grant Program. These projects focus on reclaiming abandoned mine land, decreasing abandoned mine drainage, and treating AMD through the construction, operation, and/or maintenance of an AMD treatment facility.

The AML/AMD Grant Program began in the fall of 2022 as a single round with three application rounds planned for 2023 and at least $96 million in funding available through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The program prioritizes serious human health and safety problems that are a result of abandoned coal mines, as well as treating AMD to continue restoration efforts under the AMD Set-Aside Program. By focusing on operation and maintenance needs or upgrades of AMD treatment systems, the program helps to prevent the loss of restored streams and creates significant water quality improvements that go toward watershed restoration.

09/19/2023

Important information about Game Fund Money

PA Senate Action Diverts Game Fund Money, Puts Federal Wildlife Funding at Risk

11/10/2022

It's time for us to vote on officers again. Our next meeting is Friday the 18th at 6:00pm at our office (1221 No 1 Road in Cairnbook). The meeting will also be on Zoom for anyone wanting to join https://us06web.zoom.us/j/97595923803

Feel free to contact us at [email protected]

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