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Conservation district details Pecks Run work; county approves 1–2 state air sensors
Summary
Tygart Valley Conservation District reported recent clearing work on Pecks Run and asked for continued funding; the commission approved placement of one to two non-regulatory air sensors from the West Virginia DEP for Brooks Hill and Buckhannon.
At the Feb. 26 meeting Donnie Tenney, chair of the Tygart Valley Conservation District, and Jim Rohr of the West Virginia Conservation Agency provided the annual Pecks Run Watershed report and requested continued county funding for watershed maintenance work. Rohr said the original Pecks Run channel was created in 1965 and described recent clearing work: 3,200 linear feet of clearing and grubbing in 2024 at a cost of $5,400, and 22,800 linear feet in 2025 at a cost of $13,950.
Separately, Mike Egnor, air toxics coordinator for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, described a non-regulatory Air Sensor Outreach Project and requested the commission facilitate placement of one to two sensors within Upshur County—one in the Brooks Hill area and one in Buckhannon. Donnie Tenney noted the sensors are provided free through a DEP grant and that the county’s role is facilitation. The commission approved the request to place the sensors.
The presentation underscored ongoing watershed maintenance and a new county partnership role in DEP’s outreach sensor network. The commission did not commit specific county funds to the sensors; DEP grant funds cover the equipment.
