The picture above shows the Summerlee Project. Bioremediation is currently being used to heal this area.  Over time, the water quality of Wolf Creek has degraded, primarily due to the acid mine drainage (AMD) from past mining endeavors at its headwaters.  This AMD is one reason why Wolf Creek is listed as "Impaired" by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, according to section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. In an effort to remove Wolf Creek from the 303(d) list, the Plateau Action Network (PAN) has labored to fund a Passive Treatment project to treat the Summerlee AMD using an approach using bioremediation.  Passive treatment systems do not require continuous chemical inputs, and take advantage of naturally occurring chemical and biological processes to clean contaminated waters. The goal of this project is to exploit the natural processes that occur at Summerlee using microbes, thereby reducing acidity and iron discharge from the site.  The natural processes occurring at Summerlee that can enhance this potential for healing include the photosynthetic production of dissolved oxygen by eukaryotic microorganisms (green algae, euglenophytes, and diatoms), and the iron-oxidizing metabolism of acidophilic prokaryotes (bacteria).  These naturally occurring phenomena are critical to the performance and success of this passive treatment system. (1.1)​