The Davis Creek Watershed Association is a non-profit, all-volunteer group working to improve environmental quality in the Davis Creek watershed in Kanawha County, West Virginia. We are located near Charleston and South Charleston on the south side of the Kanawha River.
MISSION STATEMENT
The goal of the Davis Creek Watershed Association is to protect and improve the environmental quality of the Davis Creek watershed through community action, education and outreach, and cooperative efforts with landowners, businesses, and governmental agencies.
Toward that goal, our volunteers conduct stream and roadside cleanups, cleanups of illegal dump sites, lead educational activities, work cooperatively with landowners to promote good land stewardship and, when necessary, work with appropriate local and state governmental agencies on law enforcement matters. We have conducted water quality monitoring since 1996 and we currently participate in the West Virginia Save Our Streams program.
OUR TRASH TALLY TO DATE: 245.82 tons of trash and 1,782+ tires.
SPRING CLEANUP NEWS
RECORD-SETTING CLEANUP
HELD APRIL 17TH
Boy Scouts Stage Impressive Tire Extraction
Our annual spring cleanup was a banner day, with a record number of at least 60 people participating in helping clean up 6+ miles of hillsides and roadways, plus nearly a mile of stream and banks.
With great support from the employees of The Dow Chemical Company's local operations, the City of South Charleston, the leaders and Boy Scouts of Troop 2, and about 30 of our loyal members, the hard-working volunteers hauled in 7.32 tons of trash and 124 tires, plus the South Charleston Public Works Department assisted with vehicles and personnel to collect and transport everything plus another 124 tires. Special thanks to the City of South Charleston, Dow Chemical, Boy Scout Troop 2, the W. Q. Watters Company, Walker Machinery/Walker Express, Blues BBQ, and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. The fearless scouts drag-
ged this tire across the
creek through knee-deep
current and up a steep
bank without the aid of
the backhoe.
