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Local Success Stories from Appalachia's Coal Country
New Tri-State Project! The Big Sandy River Basin Coalition
The Big Sandy River Basin Coalition is a new tri-state project that services the counties of Dickenson, Buchanan and small sections of Wise and Tazewell. A Tri-state signing ceremony will take place on Oct 25, 2007 at the Breaks Interstate Park to celebrate the union of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia as we collectively work to improve water quality in the Big Sandy River Basin. Website
Hands-On Support and Practical Workshops Offered
Through extensive discussion and collective innovation, the Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team and its partners (including the Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable) put together a plan for the Clean Streams Practicum--a pilot training program in watershed group capacity-building.... READ MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING PROJECT!
OSM/VISTA helps a WV family save home from Acid Mine Drainage
Danielle Adams finished a two-year term of service as OSM/VISTA for Friends of the Cheat on a high note: she helped a WV family find a way to clean up the Acid Mine Drainage seep that has been damaging their property and polluting the stream for almost two decades....READ MORE OF THIS STORYOther Success Stories
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