Friends of the Cheat would like to send out a special Thank-you to all students that participated in our 2012 drawing contest. A record breaking 147 drawings were entered in this year's contest. As all grades were not represented,and we had an abundance of entries from both the 3rd-4th and the 5th-6th grade levels, we added an additional winner in both these contest grade categories. The winners all recieved two passes to the 18th Annual Cheat River festival on May 5th , 2012 and a watershed token made by Gail Anderson of Clay Art by Gail

Owner: Janet Lenox

To celebrate Earth Day 2009 Friends of the Cheat had about 10 volunteers come out on Saturday April 18th to take part in their Adopt a Highway clean-up. 28 bags of garbage was collected on the strip of Highway that starts in Albright & goes north on Rt 26 for about 3 miles. The second event that fell in line with Earth day was a native tree planting event on Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area on April 21st,22nd, & 24th. This project was a cooperative effort between Friends of the Cheat, Camp Dawson, and the Mountaineer Treeways Program.

Owner: Janet Lenox

Owner: Joan PItzer

Tour arranged by WVU Student Sierra Club included viewings of invasive plant species on the rail-trail, the Beechurst power plant, the Longview power plant, the Richard mine drainage on Deckers Creek, Paul Brown's solar house, and a vegetable oil powered bus!

Owner: Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Jenkinsburg project is a partnership between a private landowner, two river-oriented non-profits, two state environmental agencies, a number of canoe and kayak clubs, and hundreds of donors from West Virginia and the surrounding states.

Owner: Danielle Adams