Support Our Streams !

In 2006, Consol petitioned to downgrade Grinnage Run in Greene County from a high quality warm water fishery (HQWWF) to a warm water fishery.  Now, Foundation Coal has petitioned to downgrade the only other  high quality (HQ) stream in Greene County—the whole South Fork of Ten Mile.  The possible downgrades would not only mean less protection for the streams, but it could also mean the setting of a dangerous precedent for all Pennsylvania Streams.  Without the protections these HQ WWF currently have, we are concerned with the potential mining-related damage that could ensue.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mining companies seek to reclassify Greene County stream for coal plant
Observer Reporter: Petitions to Downgrade Stream Quality Meeting Resistance

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