The Guardians Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 16 Mar 2025 at the Clarksburg Water Board and online, with membership meeting for electing board and officers following.
We have exciting opportunities this year; please come and join us. Approval of February Minutes (5 minutes) Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
Old Business
State of federal funding Lambert Run Project Update (10 minutes) Stream Partners Grant Review of work (15 minutes) Ohio River Valley Participatory Fund Startup (funding for VISTA) (15 minutes)
Discussion
Possible sale of Farmington donated property Water Trail
Membership Board and officers election
If you are interested in attending online and are not on the email list, please email admin@guardiansofthewestfork.org for the meeting logon information.
It will be paddling season soon, and we have no volunteers to lead paddles at the VA or elsewhere in the watershed, or a coordinator for paddles. If you can lead a paddle for a week or two a month, or take a whole month, or can coordinate who is leading, please email admin@guardiansofthewestfork.org.
The Guardians Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 19 Feb 2025 at the Clarksburg Water Board and online.
Our Board will meet 6 p.m. at the Clarksburg Water Board and online.
We have exciting opportunities this year; please come and join us.
Approval of January Minutes (5 minutes) Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
Old Business
State of federal funding Lambert Run Project Update (10 minutes) Stream Partners Grant Review of work and acceptance of 2025 grant (15 minutes) Ohio River Valley Participatory Fund Startup (funding for VISTA) (15 minutes)
Discussion
Possible sale of Farmington donated property Water Trail
If you are interested in attending online and are not on the email list, please email admin@guardiansofthewestfork.org for the meeting logon information.
The Guardians Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 15 Jan 2025 at the Clarksburg Water Board and online.
Our Board will meet 6 p.m. at the Clarksburg Water Board and online.
We have exciting opportunities this year; please come and join us.
Approval of November Minutes (5 minutes)
Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
Old Business
Lambert Run Project Update (10 minutes)
Stream Partners Grant 2024 Review of work and acceptance of 2025 grant (15 minutes)
Ohio River Valley Participatory Fund Startup (funding for VISTA) (15 minutes)
Discussion
Possible sale of Farmington donated property
Water Trail
If you are interested in attending online and are not on the email list, please email admin@guardiansofthewestfork.org for the meeting logon information.
The Guardians Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 15 Jan 2025 at the Clarksburg Water Board and online.
If you are interested in attending online and are not on the email list, please email admin@guardiansofthewestfork.org for the meeting logon information.
WVDEP’s Stream Partners Program awards nearly $92,000 in grant funding to 20 watershed groups for water quality projects The funding supports activities to improve stream and river health, educate community members about their watershed, and engage volunteers in watershed protection, recreation, and restoration activities
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Stream Partners Program announced Friday that 20 community watershed groups across the state will receive grant funds totaling nearly $92,000 to conduct water quality improvement and education projects in 2025. The funding supports activities to improve stream and river health, educate community members about their watershed, and engage volunteers in watershed protection, recreation, and restoration activities.
Watershed groups each applied for grant awards of up to $5,000 to support stream cleanups, riparian plantings, water monitoring, outreach events, water treatment from acid mine drainage, recreational opportunities, and more.
The grant awardees include:
Buckhannon River Watershed Association: $5,000
Coal River Group: $5,000
Davis Creek Watershed Association: $3,242
Fourpole Creek Watershed Association: $1,810
Friends of Blackwater, Inc.: $5,000
Friends of Mill Creek: $2,500
Friends of Cacapon River: $5,000
Friends of the Cheat, Inc.: $5,000
Friends of the Tug Fork River: $5,000
Greenbrier River Watershed Association: $5,000
Guardians of the West Fork: $4,972
Morris Creek Watershed Association: $5,000
Paint Creek Watershed Association: $5,000
Piney Creek Watershed Association: $5,000
Save the Tygart Watershed Association, Inc.: $5,000
Sleepy Creek Watershed Association: $4,525
Town Run Watershed Group: $5,000
Twelvepole Rising: $4,901.98
Warm Springs Run Watershed Association: $5,000
Wheeling Creek Watershed Alliance: $5,000
Total amount awarded: $91,950.98
These funds will support watershed groups to improve the water quality of streams and rivers throughout the state via direct remediation projects and through increased public awareness regarding the need to keep state waterways healthy and productive. By enhancing and promoting the state’s water resources, West Virginia communities attract visitors and new residents, and provide opportunities for outdoor recreation.
Established in 1996, the Stream Partners Program is a four-agency cooperative administered by the WVDEP, State Division of Forestry, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, and the State Conservation Agency.
Grant applications are due September 15th of each year. To be eligible, organizations must be a local watershed group and new applicants must reach out to the program’s Regional Basin Coordinator at least six months in advance of the application deadline. To learn more, visit the West Virginia Stream Partners webpage.
Guardians of the West Fork Watershed 