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	<description>Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands through Partnerships Today, for a Cleaner Environment Tomorrow!</description>
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		<title>Solomon-Plains Elementary 6th grade to Construct First Ever Solar Kilns to Dry Iron Oxide for EPCAMR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solomon-Plains Elementary school recently was awarded a $2,000.00 grant from PPL Corporation’s Empowering Educators Grant program.  The grant will allow 6th grade students at Solomon-Plains to take a Wyoming Valley Watershed tour of abandoned mine lands and streams impacted by Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) within and near the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. The goal is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPCAMR Brings On Board 3 Winter Watershed Education Interns from King’s College to Gain Experience in the Field of Abandoned Mine Reclamation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Ashley, PA)&#8212;January 19, 2012  &#8211; Undergraduate Students, Dan Gilbert, Zach Yodis &#38; Ryan Lawrence will be interning with EPCAMR over the tepid winter months.  Two of the three students will be working part-time, fulfilling 15-20 hours/week, working with EPCAMR in partnership with the King’s College Internship Program, while Ryan is looking for some on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 Year Watershed Congress related to the Delaware River and Its Tributaries Accepting Registrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the 2012 Watershed Congress. We&#8217;re celebrating 15 years of sharing information, tools, and practices on watershed protection and restoration. With a focus on networking across disciplines, the Watershed Congress melds science, policy and practical applications into one program. As a result, the annual Watershed Congress is a highly anticipated event for people interested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of enthusiasm when it comes to Mine Land Reclamation in the Region</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lack of enthusiasm in the region when it comes to mine land reclamation.  Most people see the sites as garbage dumps, ATV havens and party spots.  Ask anybody here about &#8220;bush parties&#8221; on abandoned mine sites or in old breakers and they will tell you stories about all sorts of drunken debauchery. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Salazar and Director Pizarchik Announce $485 Million in Grants to States and Tribes to Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 2011 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joe Pizarchik have announced nearly half a billion dollars in grants for states and tribes to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining. This year’s funding – a $90 million increase over last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPCAMR Executive Director becomes a Participating &#8220;Natural Teacher&#8221; with the Children &amp; Nature Network</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; EPCAMR Executive Director becomes a participating &#8220;Natural Teacher&#8221; with the Children &#38; Nature Network! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>EPCAMR makes Cover Story of Local Magazine on Ultimate Recycling of our Iron Oxide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EPCAMR was able to provide a staff reporter and a photographer from THE WEEKENDER Magazine, with a 2 hour tour of AMD in the Wyoming Valley a few weeks ago to inform them of our efforts to reclaim abandoned mines and recycle mine drainage that has been polluting our local waterways for decades. They did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPCAMR Awards $5000 in Community Grants to Regional Projects throughout the Anthracite Region supporting Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation in partnership with the Anthracite Region Independent Power Producers Association (ARIPPA)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more information, contact Robert E. Hughes-EPCAMR Executive Director at 570-371-3523 September 7, 2011 (Ashley, PA)  For the second year in a row, EPCAMR and its regional partners, WPCAMR, and ARIPPA, have been able to award $5000 in grant funding to community projects supporting abandoned mine land reclamation throughout the Anthracite Region that leveraged another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPCAMR Staff partner with the Newport Township Community Organization to host FUN DAY in Wanamie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 24th, EPCAMR Staff, Community Service Volunteer John Karpien, Greater Nanticoke Elementary Student Volunteer Dawson A. Hughes, son of Robert,  and Wilkes University volunteers hosted an AMD Tie Dye Workshop for nearly 50  youth in partnership with the Newport Township Community Organization in Wanamie, PA, in the Southern portion of the Wyoming Valley. EPCAMR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPCAMR Selected as a 2011 CreatAthon Marketing Project Recipient by cds creative inc. &amp; Dawe Consulting, LLC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EPCAMR has been selected as one of the 2011 NEPA CreateAthon projects! Northeastern Pennsylvania non-profit organizations will be the beneficiaries of free marketing and creative services provided by cds creative, inc. and Dawe Consulting, LLC along with a growing team of creative services volunteers in the 10th annual NEPA CreateAthon. CreateAthon is a 24-plus-hour event in [...]]]></description>
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