The Mountain Watershed Association Contact: The Mountain Watershed Association PO Box 408, Melcroft PA 15462, 724 455 4200 Email: yrk@mtwatershed.com Website: mtwatershed.com

is a community-based grassroots organization concerned with the conservation, preservation and restoration of the Indian Creek Watershed in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties. MWA's major purposes include bringing about remediation of the numerous abandoned mine discharges in the watershed, developing community awareness, promoting cooperative community efforts for restoration and encouraging sound environmental practices. In 2003, MWA became home of the Youghiogheny Riverkeeper, a program that has expanded the vision of the organization into the larger Youghiogheny River basin through a partnership with the international Waterkeeper Alliance.