Friends of Mill Creek

05/01/2026

04/14/2026

Friends of Mill Creek is a 2026 Stream Partners Program grant recipient! This funding allows the volunteer group to host outreach events, Sunday floats, trash cleanups, and purchase water testing kits.

Follow their page and Mill Creek Water Trail for mor info on upcoming events like the Try-A-Tri on May 31. This event allows kids to get active and participate in a non-competitive triathlon.

01/29/2026

If you ever thought you might like to work with the Friends of Mill Creek Watershed Association, in a paid capacity, see the announcement below! We'd love to have someone local in this capacity. You would be working with Mill Creek and Morris Creek. See below:

We are excited to announce that our WV Stream Partners Program has an AmeriCorps VISTA member position open and accepting applications for the Western Basin (based out of Charleston) The member will build capacity and develop sustainable solutions to alleviate poverty in underserved communities within our WVDEP Watershed Improvement Branch and with our partners at the Friends of Mill Creek (based out of Ripley) and Morris Creek Watershed Association (based out of Montgomery). The program strengthens watershed protection and community revitalization efforts in West Virginia by supporting collaborative environmental restoration, outreach, and long-term planning across Appalachian communities. Click on the links below to learn more about each position and see how to apply - we ask that all applications be submitted by March 11th!

Western Basin SPP VISTA:
https://secure8.entertimeonline.com/ta/conservationlegacy.careers?ShowJob=705208129

12/15/2025

Governor Patrick Morrisey recently announced more than $100,000 in 2026 Stream Partners Program grants to support watershed groups across the state working to protect, restore, and promote West Virginia’s rivers and streams.

🔗Read the full press release:
governor.wv.gov/article/governor-morrisey-announces-more-154-million-water-and-sewer-upgrades-conservation-efforts

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
• Buckhannon River Watershed Association
• Davis Creek Watershed Association
• Fourpole Creek Watershed Association
• Friends of Blackwater
• Friends of Deckers Creek
• Friends of Mill Creek
• Friends of the Cacapon River
• Friends of the Cheat
• Greenbrier Watershed
• Guardians of the West Fork Watershed
• Paint Creek Watershed Association, Inc.
• Piney Creek Watershed Association
• Plateau Action Network
• Save The Tygart Watershed Association
• Sleepy Creek Watershed Association
• Twelvepole Creek Rising
• Warm Springs Watershed Association
• Wheeling Creek Watershed Alliance

10/10/2025

On Monday, October 13. Friends of Mill Creek will be meeting with representatives from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to discuss water quality in Mill Creek and the possibility that we might do our own sampling. All are welcome to attend at 6:30 @ the new Main Street Ripley office in the bottom floor of the City Building (where the police station used to be).

09/21/2025

Cedar Lakes Conference Center