Welcome Larry Myers

    We welcome Larry D. Myers of Hempfield Township to the Board of Directors and as the new Treasurer.  Larry has been an active member of the Association since 1996.  Since joining, he and his son Matt have maintained the Wilson Run acid mine treatment facility.  Larry recently retired from Allegheny Energy as their Environmental Policy Director where he held a variety of technical and management positions during his thirty
career. 

    He holds a B. S. degree in Environmental Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He has experience working with non-profit organizations assisting them with public outreach/education programs, building public/private partnerships, membership drives and fundraising.  Larry managed a first-of-a-kind, pilot project to reforest an abandoned mine land (AML) in Armstrong County for the carbon credits that would be generated and used to offset power plant emissions.  It was a collaborative effort involving federal, state and local environmental agencies, conservation groups and local farmers.  The objective was to encourage third party investment in AML remediation projects across the region. 

    Larry, his wife Diane, and their teenage son and daughter, Matt and Krissy, reside at 320 Allison Drive.  Larry has expressed his personal goal of helping to reverse the damage from generations of coal mining in this region – particularly acid mine drainage.   

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The Sewickley Creek Watershed Association promotes the conservation of natural resources, monitors and improves water quality, and advocates wise land use practices in the Sewickley Creek Watershed.

As such the Association shall use its resources to educate the citizens of the watershed as to sound environmental practices. In addition, the Association will seek out and cooperate with government agencies, interested organizations, businesses and individuals to implement programs to improve water quality and encourage proper land use.