Friends of the Cheat Photo Gallery

2010 Drawing Contest Winners

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:59:26 -0400

2005 Cheat River Festival

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:11:27 -0400

Cheat Country

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:09:25 -0400

These are a photos that I have snapped while playing in The Land of Cheat� a magical playground. I'll add some more as I come across them: Cheers!

16th Annual Cheat River Festival Dedicaated to Keith Pitzer

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:06:08 -0400

15th Annual Cheat River Festival- May 2nd,2009

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:56:41 -0400

Doug Ferris Outdoor Classroom & Eloise Milne Pavilion

Wed, 12 May 2010 20:54:20 -0400

Gatekeepers Perspective

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:29:20 -0500

Here is my perspective of the festival as keeper of the gate to the stage. Highlights include a rainbow over the stage that appeared during a brief downpour, dancers and hula hoops, musicians, and the charisma of the crowd.

Morgantown Toxic Tour 2008

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:35:59 -0500

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!

Acid Mine Drainage Tour - 2005

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:53:53 -0500

Photos from the Acid Mine Drainage Tour showing the various AMD treatment projects in Preston County. Sites visited included the Woolen Mill Road Interpretive Trail Site (Muddy Creek), T&T #2, Rockville (Permit#5-65-78), the Titchnell Property and Sovern Run #62 . An awesome tour! Highly recommended.

Janet Lenox Photos

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:22:50 -0400

Great band, people, and rainbow photos by Janet Lenox.

National Bicycle Greenway - 2005

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:56:54 -0400

On May 20th I rode in the Morgantown to Pittsburgh leg of the NBG as part of the National Mayors Ride, and I hope to ride a Kingwood to Morgantown leg in next years ride. There is a strong possibility of this happening with the partnership of PRTC, FOC, Preston County Commission, the City of Kingwood and the National Park Service's Rivers & Trails Program. NBG is an initiative to create a national network of interconnected bike roads and pathways that are safe for all cyclists to ride. Next year, I want to shake the hands of Kingwood's Mayor along with the Mayor of Morgantown and Pittsburgh!

FOC Celebrates Earth Day 4-22-09

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:52:40 -0400

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.

AMD Pictures

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:37:01 -0400

Various acid mine drainage photos from the Cheat River Watershed.

2007 Cheatfest Tshirt Design Entries

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:07:19 -0400

2009 Drawing Contest Winners

Tue, 05 May 2009 16:27:02 -0400

Every year prior to the Cheat River Festival, Friends of the Cheat has a drawing contest that is open to all students K-12. The drawings are to represent the mission statement of FOC to "Restore, Preserve, and Promote the outstanding natural qualities of the Cheat River watershed. This year we recieved about 36 drawings, of which 4 were chosen as the winners.

Cheat River Festival 2008

Sat, 17 May 2008 17:46:56 -0400

Album I: Here is my perspective of the festival as keeper of the gate to the stage. Highlights include a rainbow over the stage that appeared during a brief downpour, dancers and hula hoops, musicians, and the charisma of the crowd.

Album II: Great band, people, and rainbow photos by Janet Lenox.

Mystical Coopers Rock - 2004

Sun, 11 May 2008 18:27:35 -0400

Watershed Drawing Contest Winners 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:31:12 -0400

Jenkinsburg Project

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:21:16 -0500

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.

Volunteer Stream Monitoring Training - Spring 2005

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:07:20 -0500

Spring - 2005

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:59 -0500

2006 AMD Tour

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:04:15 -0400

On August 19 we invited the public to join us as we toured the River of Promise interpretive trail and several projects to treat Acid Mine Draiange. T & T mine is the site of active treatment with chemicals. The Aquafix doser is used at Rockville Mining.

Snowstorm, October 2005

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:51:00 -0400

ROWLESBURG ON THE RIVER!

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:17:30 -0400

Rowlesburg celebrated more than four decades of its famous Ox Roast in September with an expanded Labor Day Weekend Festival. This is a town that truly owes its existence to the Cheat River. The B&O Railroad blasted its way down into this valley in the 1830s and that was the beginning of the town. It has a rich Civil War history and railroad heritage. These are photos illustrating the diversity of Rowlesburg, from whitewater on the Cheat to railfainning right in town.

From the Stage - 2005

Thu, 19 May 2005 19:25:25 -0400

Macroinvertebrates in the Classroom

Wed, 18 May 2005 22:51:54 -0400