Local Action Can Accomplish Amazing Things Like Bringing a Dead Creek Back to Life

Monday Creek in Southeast Ohio used to be dead, a fatality of the state’s pre-regulated mining industry, killed by acid mine drainage.

Rural Action, a nonprofit based in The Plains, Ohio, has been working to clean up the creek since 1994. Today, as noted in an Ohio Capital Journal article, the creek is home to 37 fish species.

It’s an impressive success story for an impressive organization dedicated to improving life in Appalachian Ohio. Its stated mission is to build a more just economy by developing the region’s assets in environmentally, socially and economically sustainable ways. Beyond its watershed work, the group also has programs focused on agriculture, forestry, energy, waste reduction and environmental education.

It's important work for a part of the state that needs it. It's work that proves that precious things that seem dead can be brough back to life. You can support it by donating here.