The Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area

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The Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area (UDCWMA) is a fun recreational destination in our watershed. It is great for fishing, hiking, and observing nature.

YAB visited the UDCWMA on April 6, 2014. We sampled one of the ponds and found damselfly larvae, dragonfly larvae, water oarsmen, whirligig beetles and tadpoles. We tested the pH and it was 8.44. We saw cattails and lots of lily pad roots. There were signs of beaver, white-tailed deer and Canada geese. It is a beautiful place to visit, providing recreation, wetlands and a place for wildlife.

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The Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area

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YAB visited the UDCWMA on April 6, 2014. We sampled one of the ponds and found damselfly larvae, dragonfly larvae, water oarsmen, whirligig beetles and tadpoles. We tested the PH and it was 8.44. We saw cattails and lots of lily pad roots. There were signs of beaver, white-tailed deer and canada geese. It is a beautiful place to visit providing recreation, wetlands and a place for wildlife.

Proposed Injection Well site

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GREAT NEWS!!! Energy Corporation of America has decided not to pursue the proposed Injection Well.

” ECA said in a statement sent to TheDPost.com on Friday, April 18, “A number of different factors led to this decision. … These factors included well integrity, ease of site access, environmental sensitivities, and many others. In the end, our exploration simply concluded this well is not a good candidate for conversion to a Class II injection well at this time.””

In January some YABbers went door to door getting signatures for the petition against the Injection Well. Others were at the Morgantown Mall giving out information about NoInjectionWell and collecting signatures. We are very excited that the injection well is not going to effect the Deckers Creek watershed.