Our members are the life blood of our organization! We are happy to report that our membership meeting on October 15th was quite a success. We had several new members join and many current memberships renewed. We hosted about 50 people for food and fellowship, followed by a presentation on our water quality project, and ending with a general meeting with election of officers.

Our elected GRWA board of directors are: President - Jenna Breeckner, Vice-President - Thomas Haley, Secretary - Willow Kelly, Treasurer - Elizabeth Clark. We thank the WVSOM, Dr. Matthew Williams, lab assistant Julie Stadtfeld and all of our volunteers who go out once a month to gather data and get samples. Here is a link to our water quality presentation. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aYpweVoV65nTxmZ65L3WoXt6HeLPBsSA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112200109067514035896&rtpof=true&sd=true

GRWA received the Watershed Guardian Award at the WV Watershed Symposium in Philippi for our advocacy work!

"Representatives from 17 watershed groups, along with supporters and partners, attended the West Virginia Watershed Symposium in Philippi. During the educational event, several groups were awarded $1,000 for their exceptional efforts."

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

Buckhannon River Watershed Association & Save The Tygart Watershed Association

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

Piney Creek Watershed Association

𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

Greenbrier Watershed

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

Paint Creek Watershed Association, Inc.

𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

Twelvepole Creek Rising

Congratulations to the 2025 award recipients!

Pictured below: Bella Hubbard WVDEP and Dr. Matthew Williams

New Board Member - The Greenbrier River Watershed Association is pleased to have Kurt Johnson join us as our newest board member. He has been helping team 5 at the lower end of the watershed with monthly water quality testing. Kurt recently relocated to Monroe County from northern Virginia after retiring from a 26-year career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as a wildlife biologist and climate change specialist. While with USFWS, Kurt spent 16 years working on climate adaptation of fish and wildlife and their habitats. Prior to that he worked as an endangered species biologist and as an international wildlife trade specialist. Kurt has a strong interest in landscape-scale conservation, especially for freshwater systems and karst areas. He has worked with land trusts and landowners to help preserve private lands through conservation easements, and does some volunteering internationally, working with local NGOs and community organizations to build capacity and address threats to conservation from climate change and other factors. He enjoys caving, fishing, canoeing, hiking, and natural history walks. Kurt has degrees from Utah State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is married and has one daughter.

On October 16th, a dedicated team of 8 volunteers recently finished up a memorial to Leslee McCarty at the Public Access Stream Park in Caldwell. Many thanks to Chris Chanlett, Nancy Harris, Lorrie Sprague, Tom Cullen, Harry Ernst, John Walkup, Evan Adamson, & Hannah Rivoire as well as RBS for gravel and supplies. Keep an eye out for a summer meeting/ picnic at this location to be scheduled this coming summer.

Something easy you can do to support the Greenbrier River Watershed Association - sign up for Kroger Rewards! It's easy to do and it costs you nothing extra. Please sign up today, & thank you!

Kayak Auction/ Sale

This beautiful 21 ft Skookumchuck Tandem Kayak has been donated to the GRWA in honor of a local river steward to be used for fundraising. We still have this beautiful kayak available for purchase! It has been valued at @$2000.00. Make us an offer, call 304-647-4792 or email greenbrierwatershed@gmail.com if you are interested. All proceeds will help us keep our watershed clean and healthy. Interested?

Wanted: New Members

The Greenbrier River Watershed Association is dedicated to continuing our work to preserve and protect our unique environment. We need NEW members and hope YOU will consider joining us, OR please renew your current membership if you haven't yet for 2025. You will be supporting a busy group that monitors the Greenbrier River and it's tributaries, participates in educational events and gets out to pick up trash. Just scan the QR code and join. If you would like to volunteer, just let us know what your interest is. Also, you can join any committee without having to be a board member so if one of our committees matches your interest, just let us know. Thank you!

Contact your representatives, often! Participate! Be heard!

Contact your local, state and federal representatives with your concerns.

WV Legislature HERE

VA Legislature HERE

Members of Congress HERE

Volunteer ~ Get involved with what matters to you!

Make your time count by volunteering with your favorite non-profit to do any number of things from helping with river cleanups, to monitoring rivers and creeks, to making phone calls or licking envelopes. You will make a difference.

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