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WaterFaire at Panhandle Earth Day Saturday, April 21 at 10 am – 7 pm Sam Michaels Park 1516 Job Corps Rd, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 25442 Do you drink water? Cook with it, and wash with it? Give it to your pet? Want to have some fun learning your watershed address and how to keep […]

2016 has been a busy year for the Elks Run Watershed! The West Virginia Conservation Agency (WVCA) and Eastern Panhandle Conservation District (EPCD) are administering Elks Run’s 2nd Watershed Project Grant of $68,200.00, made possible through EPA’s Clean Water Act Section 319 Program. This grant, coupled with $45,780.00 in state and local match, will fund […]

The Elks Run Watershed provides drinking water for all of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar, West Virginia. Elks Run is impaired due to high levels of bacteria and sediment. To help raise awareness, the Elks Run Watershed Group is creating a series of short conservation videos to educate homeowners about simple practices they can apply around their homes to […]

April 23, 2014 By Jenni Vincent – Journal Staff Writer (jvincent@journal-news.net), Journal News SHENANDOAH JUNCTION – Dozens of T.A. Lowery Elementary School students got a jump on Earth Day recently when they worked with area conservationists to plant trees on their campus. That’s when representatives from the Elks Run Watershed, Cacapon Institute, Jefferson County Izaak […]