About Us

Appalachian Headwaters, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to environmental education and ecological restoration in Central Appalachia.

We operate several environmental education programs including Camp Waldo (an environmental education summer camp for children in Hinton), Wood Thrush Park and Education Center in Lewisburg (main hub for community programs, youth programming, and community events), and the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective (ABC Honey production and beekeeping training). Headwaters also hosts college and high school interns, and provides support for Appalachian teachers to teach about ecology and the environment.

Appalachian Headwaters has projects underway restoring thousands of acres of formerly mined land in West Virginia, working with partners to assure that this land will be restored to native forest and to improve water quality in streams and wetlands. These sites (Mammoth Preserve and Spruce Knob) provide recreational opportunities and are open for public use in perpetuity.