In 2022, Friends of the Hughes River Watershed Association, Inc officially voted for dissolution of the corporation.
This website and pages associated with it have been archived.
The Friends of the Hughes River envisioned a West Virginia whose citizens are healthy, well educated, empowered, and proactive; who have a strong sense of community, opportunities for rewarding employment and an enviable quality of life.
Friends of the Hughes formed their 501(c)(3) to:
- Develop programs and activities that will help to educate and inform others about the condition of the Hughes River and its contribution to the economic, social, environmental, and political development of the region;
- Provide leadership and support for programs that will enhance the health of the river;
- Create activities and monitoring programs that will enhance the ecosystem as a whole;
- Report to government agencies and the media when monitoring programs or other sources indicate the watershed may have been compromised by unlawful pollutants.