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Travel the West Fork

Virtual tour of the river from Earthviews and the Izaak Walton League, photographed by the Guardians.


Latest Posts

Regular Meeting Wednesday 18 Feb 2026

The Guardians Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 18 Feb 2026 at the Clarksburg Water Board and online. If you are not on our mailing list and would like to attend online, please email admin@guardiansofthewestfork.org for an invitation. We will be discussing progress on Site 7, designing new signs at Lambert Run, installing our…

Celebrating the West Fork Valley

Longtime Guardians volunteers Mike Murphy and Jim Nedrow testing for pollution at the mouth of Lambert Run The Guardians are launching a new speaker series to celebrate 25 years of cleaning up the West Fork River and promoting recreation on the river. The first talk, by Senior Water Research Scientist, Mel Shafer, West Virginia Water…

Stream Partners Grant Fuels River Conservation Efforts

Guardians Board and members Randy Kesling, Robert Helfer, Sally Egan, Lisa deGruyter, and Al Cox, in new volunteer recognition hats and caps, hold our new Water Trail signs, all funded by a previous Stream Partners Grant. The Guardians have been awarded a 2026 Stream Partners Program Grant, which will continue to support our work in…

Vernal Pools

Our Watershed is not just the West Fork River and the creeks that run into it. It is all the land and water in our West Fork Valley, and everything and everyone that is supported or affected by it. Save Our Streams has a yearly program for volunteers to check out the seasonal pools that…

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