Many exciting projects are happening within the Juniata Watershed.  This page will keep you informed and up to date about many of them.  Projects will be added as time and space allow.   If we are missing a project that you think should be included here, please contact us.

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Juniata Watershed Dumpsite Survey and Characterization                                                                                                                                                                     This is an excel spreadsheet link to dumpsites around the watershed

Southern Alleghenies Conservancy Projects page
This page allows you to tour the many projects that SAC is working on. Includes photos and descriptions.

Standing Stone Creek - Water Quality Pre-Assessment
Huntingdon Area Middle School

Outdoor Classroom - Stone Valley Experimental Forest
Center for Dirt & Gravel Road Studies - Penn State U.

Standing Stone Creek - Water Quality Pre-Assessment (PDF file)

This project was undertaken by students from Huntingdon Area Middle School, in partnership with Juniata College, the Huntingdon County Conservation District, and the Juniata Clean Water Partnership.  Funding was provided by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund.

Crooked Creek - Water Quality Pre-Assessment (PDF file)

This is the most recent project also undertaken by students from Huntingdon Area Middle School.  Financial and other support for this project has been provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. and the PA Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water Quality Protection, PA Chesapeake Bay Program.

Outdoor Classroom - Stone Valley Experimental Forest

This project will result in an "outdoor classroom" that demonstrates the best and most up to date principles and techniques in designing, building, and maintaining dirt and gravel roads.  The "outdoor classroom" will be developed along Red Rose Road in the Stone Valley Experimental Forest, Baree Township, Huntingdon County.  Funding was provided by a Growing Greener grant from the PA Department of Environmental Protection.

 Juniata River Dumpsite Survey and Characterization

The JCWP recently received $36,350 in DEP Growing Greener funds to conduct an Dumpsite Survey and Characterization in the Juniata Watershed. 

Illegal dumping is a serious problem in the 3400 square mile region of the Juniata River Watershed.  According to the 1999 municipal wide survey included in the Watershed Management Plan, townships, with their rural, sparsely populated landscapes, find illegal roadside dumping to be their most serious problem.  Many of these illegal dumps throughout the watershed have been in existence for fifty years. 

Previous dumpsite surveys have concluded that nearly half of all dumpsites are located in or near a stream.  Contents from paint cans, motor oil containers, household chemical containers, and electronic devices can emit hazardous substances into streams or groundwater. 

Four PA CleanWays chapters will be participating in this project: Bedford, Blair, Huntingdon, and Mifflin.  Each chapter has a goal   of identifying and characterizing the dumpsites in its county.  Through this project, the JCWP also hopes to encourage the formation of CleanWays chapters in Fulton, Juniata, and Perry Counties. 

Please contact the JCWP or your local PACW chapter if you would like to report an illegal dumpsite or extended area of litter along a roadway or waterway.  We are also interested in hearing from interested volunteers.  The JCWP and CleanWays chapters need your help to complete this comprehensive survey!  

PA CleanWays Chapter Contact Information