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Abandoned Mine Drainage



· Topic: Abandoned Mine Drainage
· Total News: 23
· Total Reads: 10266 		  LRCA seeking funds to treat acid mine drainage
  Residents protest river cleanup
  New acid-mine water treatment project shows promise at local site
  River basin group wants public input on updating plan
  River commission: Mine drainage needs to be fixed
  Groups push for funding to revive polluted waterways
  Borehole collapse may be cause of Hanover Twp. flooding, officials say
  Collapse of borehole dug after Knox Disaster causing basement flooding
  Water quality questions plague airport project
  When cleaned, mine water might supply proposed airport
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Abandoned Mine Lands



· Topic: Abandoned Mine Lands
· Total News: 4
· Total Reads: 2735 		  PA man survives 500-foot fall into strip mine
  Resources: Mine Scarred Lands Initiative Online Resource Guide is now Available
  Press Releases: New Mine Subsidence Insurance Website
  Pennsylvania Awarded $21.2 Million to Reclaim Dangerous Abandoned Mine Lands


Abandoned Mine Reclamation



· Topic: Abandoned Mine Reclamation
· Total News: 34
· Total Reads: 13176 		  ARIPPA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PLANTS RESTORE OVER 4500 ACRES OF AML IN 2008
  Obama proposes mine cleanup reforms
  Avondale Hill reclamation project nearly done
  BAMR Featured in WNEP Power to Save (12/08)
  Health risk from fly ash dumping debated
  State to get almost $28 million for mine reclamation in 2008
  White tries to unearth ideas for mine cleanup
  Area acres await reclamation: Schuylkill County
  Pa. getting $1.4B for coal mine cleanup
  Workshops: SMCRA Title 4 Roundtable Meetings Announced
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Colleges & Universities



· Topic: Colleges & Universities
· Total News: 1
· Total Reads: 509 		  Available Scholarships - Need More Minorities to Apply


Conferences / Workshops



· Topic: Conferences / Workshops
· Total News: 30
· Total Reads: 11966 		  Press Releases: EPCAMR Staff Makes GIS Presentation at 19th Annual ARIPPA Technical Convention
  Press Releases: Geothermal Energy Potential of Mine Pools Warm Cool Audience at PA Conference
  Register for the Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Abandoned Mine Reclamation
  Press Releases: 11th Annual PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation & Coal History Conference set for July
  Workshops: Wonders of Our Watershed Forum
  Eastern Coalfield Watershed Training Available
  Workshops: West Branch of the Susquehanna Restoration Symposium IV
  Workshops: Register for the 2007 AMD Conference!
  Help for Watershed Groups: Clean Streams Practicum and Benefits
  West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Symposium III - April 27 & 28
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Conservation Districts & RC & DCs



· Topic: Conservation Districts & RC & DCs
· Total News: 3
· Total Reads: 1601 		  Press Releases: Governor Rendell honors six Pennsylvania environmental leaders
  Schuylkill to get money to protect waterways
  No Cost Contract for Clean Fill / Quarry Reclamation


Environmental Education & Outreach



· Topic: Environmental Education & Outreach
· Total News: 12
· Total Reads: 5482 		  Dominion & the Western PA Conservancy Award EPCAMR $500
  Art sculpture exhibition to be held in Pioneer Coal Mine
  Press Releases: NATIONAL AWARD WINNING MAGAZINE, ORION, HELPS RAISE $ FOR OUTDOOR SUPPLIES
  Middle school students study watersheds
  Press Releases: 2008 Woodland Resource Adventure Camp
  Environmental group EPCAMR speaks at Tamaqua Area High School
  Chesapeake Bay Program Launches New Educational Resource
  Pennsylvania Wins the 2005 Canon Envirothon
  RiverFest 2005 Set For May 7th
  New TV Special @ Watersheds to Air on The Weather Channel
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EPCAMR Board of Trustees



· Topic: EPCAMR Board of Trustees
· Total News: 1
· Total Reads: 876 		  Press Releases: EPCAMR President Wins International Conservation Award


EPCAMR Projects



· Topic: EPCAMR Projects
· Total News: 23
· Total Reads: 13736 		  WBACTC FFA RECEIVES LIVING TO SERVE GRANT
  Press Releases: Intern to Instill PRIDE into the Wyoming Valley coordinating cleanups
  Press Releases: STAGE IS SET FOR EPCAMRs AMD AVENGERS TO BE AN INTERACTIVE COMEDY
  Press Releases: EPCAMR AMD AVENGERS AND POLLUTION POSSE CHARACTERS EMERGE FROM ACTIVITY BOOK
  Press Releases: EPCAMR Looking for Volunteers to Participate in Wyoming Valley Cleanups
  EPCAMR Goes Green with Orange Chalk Talks
  Coalition Designs GIS Application to Target Abandoned Coal Mine Hazards
  Stream Improvement Information Sought
  Creativity flows through the use of iron oxide found in local riverbeds
  Limestone Cowboy gains Internation Recognition
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Federal Government & National Links



· Topic: Federal Government & National Links
· Total News: 25
· Total Reads: 9117 		  Projects vie for slice of stimulus
  Press Releases: Comprehensive Update of Mine Safety Laws Goes Before Senate Committee
  Press Releases: Peterson, House colleagues send major Abandoned Mine bill to Senate
  Congress approves bill extending abandoned mine program
  EPA Administrator to Lead Cooperative Conservation Listening Session in Pottstow
  Coal mine cleanup plan tempts Democratic opponents of tax cut
  Press Releases: Abandoned Mine Fund supported by Wyoming County
  Press Releases: AML Bill could include dollars for Wyoming
  Santorum pushing abandoned mines fix
  Senator pushes bill for abandoned mines
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GIS & GPS Resources



· Topic: GIS & GPS Resources
· Total News: 3
· Total Reads: 1822 		  Window to My Environment from EPA
  IUP to digitize state's mine maps, create online database
  Welcoming Columbia County, PA to the GIS Community


Grants All-Around



· Topic: Grants All-Around
· Total News: 21
· Total Reads: 9489 		  Grants: GOVERNOR RENDELL INVESTS $27 MILLION TO PROTECT PA’S NATURAL RESOURCES
  Grants: ECRR Grant Announcement July - August 2006
  B-WET Grant Program for the Chesapeake Bay
  Grant Announcements from the Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable
  Grants: The Top 10 Online Resources for Grantwriters
  Grants: Request For Proposals for AML Applied Science Projects
  Press Releases: Growing Greener 1 Announcements
  Press Releases: Growing Greener 2 Announcement
  Grants: Grant Announcement from the Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable 10/04/05
  Grants: Grant Announcements from the Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable
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History & Legacy of Past Mining



· Topic: History & Legacy of Past Mining
· Total News: 16
· Total Reads: 8094 		  Press Releases: HISTORIC AVONDALE MINE DISASTER, 140th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS, SEPT. 6th
  Press Releases: Hope for Avondale Mine Disaster Site through Community Revitalization!
  Press Releases: Hard Coal Films to be Screened at the Anthracite Heritage Museum
  County would have to dig up funds to convert Huber
  Man has a plan that would use underground water to heat and cool structures
  Coal shaped much of Schuylkill Countys history and continues to shape its future
  Press Releases: WVIA presents: Hope for Polluted Waters 10/18/07
  The Anthracite Miners and Their Hollowed Ground
  Press Releases: Efforts to transform a historical mining area into a park received a boost
  Surveys: New poll: "Local History in Schools?"
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Internship / Mentoring / VISTA Programs



· Topic: Internship / Mentoring / VISTA Programs
· Total News: 9
· Total Reads: 3844 		  Internship Program Brings Two Students on Board for the Summer
  New VISTA in Shamokin
  Reclaiming a Toxic Legacy Through Art and Science
  Reclaiming a Toxic Legacy Through Art and Science
  VISTA Positions being sought by Trout Unlimited and EPCAMR
  The ACCWT is award-winning, again
  EPCAMR Outreach Coordinator Interviewed by PA Environmental Digest
  Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team comes to Penn State Wilkes-Barre
  Press Releases: ECO/EPA Community Intern Program funded by EPA/OEJ


Land Use & Growth Management Links



· Topic: Land Use & Growth Management Links
· Total News: 6
· Total Reads: 3266 		  Fields replace one lost to mine drainage cleanup project.
  Biodiversity Conservation in a Rapidly Developing Environment Lecture
  The Schuylkill County Conservancy would like to introduce you to its new website
  Residential Development, Access to Funds are Hurdles to Saving Open Space.
  Pennsylvania Trout Sets the '04 Keystone Coldwater Conference
  Stormwater Management Workshop in Schuylkill County


Municipal Governments



· Topic: Municipal Governments
· Total News: 0
· Total Reads: 0 		...There aren't any news yet for this topic...


Non-Profit Organizations



· Topic: Non-Profit Organizations
· Total News: 4
· Total Reads: 2031 		  Grants: Click a Mouse, Plant 5 Trees in a PA State Park for Free!
  PEC recognizes area residents’ efforts to improve environment
  Press Releases: PA Watersheds Data System Goes Live!
  PA Environmental Professionals 2005 Annual Meeting and Conference


Reference Materials



· Topic: Reference Materials
· Total News: 1
· Total Reads: 804 		  Resources: Available! A New Guidance Tool to Monitor and Maintain Restoration Projec


State Government Resources



· Topic: State Government Resources
· Total News: 19
· Total Reads: 8235 		  GROWING GREENER PROJECTS (2008)
  DEP Announces New Program to Combat Illegal Dumping
  Surveys: PA considering a bill that encourages biofuels feedstock to reclaim mine land
  Draft AMD Set-aside Program Position Paper Available
  Press Releases: 2007 Growing Greener Grant Announcement
  Press Releases: DEP: Mine drainage treatment news reports inaccurate, says DEP secretary
  GOVERNOR RENDELL SAYS COAL IS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF PA’S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
  Press Releases: More Acid Rock Drainage Problems at I-99 Project
  Press Releases: DEP SECRETARY JOINS COALS PARTNERS AS NEW DUMP CLEANUP FUND IS ESTABLISHED
  Luzerne County about to get a little Greener
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Watershed & Community Organizations



· Topic: Watershed & Community Organizations
· Total News: 13
· Total Reads: 7085 		  Press Releases: Application Announced for the 2009 NCAC Community Awards
  Catawissa Creek Watershed Questionnaire for the Rivers Conservation Plan
  Trout catch makes decade's dream a reality
  New On-line Watershed Discussion Board
  IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE ISSUES REVAMPED CLEAN WATER ACTION KIT
  Bush Administration Proposes New Funding for Chesapeake Bay
  Press Releases: Mudding the Waters, America's Worst Pollution Presentation Set for Jan 29th
  Workshops: Delaware Riverkeeper Network '04 Schuylkill Watershed Congress Set
  Workshops: Western PA Conservancy's WAC Workshop on 2-4-04
  Press Releases: 2 New PA Watershed Circuit Riders Join CVI
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Watershed Field Tours



· Topic: Watershed Field Tours
· Total News: 3
· Total Reads: 1718 		  Press Releases: EPCAMR Tours Top 2 AMD Sites with PFBC
  The day after the floods, an Anthracite Regional perspective
  CAC to Hold Regional Meeting in Hazleton/Wilkes-Barre

 

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