EPA §319 Project Tours

The summary document provides a list of the projects visited, and a very brief description. A few project sites visited include Muddy Creek Phase II and Dillan Creek II Muddy Creek goal was to upgrade the treatment system and eliminate the ineffective steel-slag treatment. The Dillan Creek goal was to capture an abandoned seep and effectively treat the discharge. To learn more about other projects click the links provided in the summary document.

• Friends of the Cheat
• Friends of Deckers Creek

Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) has received CWA §319, Chesapeake Bay and other grant funds to undertake a number of stream restoration projects to reduce the level of sediment pollution in the Opequon Creek watershed. The Opequon Creek watershed is the number one priority in West Virginia's Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort. Projects sites include:
Tuscarora Creek dam removal and stream restoration - Mill Creek stream restoration - Mill Creek natural stream channel design (pastureland) - 2nd Tuscarora Creek dam removal and stream restoration.

Projects completed by the West Virginia Conservation Agency include:
Tree planting and pet waste control at Elks Run Sam Michaels Park - Porous paver demonstrations at communities and an education center near Berkeley Springs - Stream restoration projects along Back Creek and Sleepy Creek - Conservation easements.

• Back Creek Watershed Project
• WVCA Elks Run Watershed Project
• WVCA Sleepy Creek Watershed Projects

Watershed Plan Documents

• Piney Creek Watershed Plan
• Indian Creek Watershed Plan
• Second Creek Watershed Plan
• Anthony Creek Watershed Plan

Final Reports

• YMCA Barren Lands Restoration
• Second Creek Karst II
• National Fish Hatchery Constructed Wetland

Documents

• WV Conservation Agency Presentation
• GRTS Summaries ​