Welcome to the EPCAMR Homepage!
Mission Statement: “The general purpose of the organization [EPCAMR] is to encourage the reclamation and redevelopment of land affected by past mining practices. This includes reducing hazards to health and safety, eliminating soil erosion, improving water quality, [and] returning land affected by past mining practices to productive use, thereby improving the economy of the region.” -from the Preamble of the EPCAMR Bylaws.
Incorporation Date: January 15, 1997
Formed in 1995 by concerned conservation districts, EPCAMR represents a coalition of watershed organizations and reclamation partners. Members range from individuals to the active anthracite mining industry and co-generation power plants, to non-profit organizations, 16 county conservation districts, and other organizations in the anthracite and bituminous coal region of eastern Pennsylvania that are involved with abandoned mine reclamation issues. Counties covered by EPCAMR in Northeastern and North Central PA include: Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming. As of the last census (2020), the population we serve equates to approximately 1.7 million people. EPCAMR Brings on Carolyn Phillips as a Community-based Federal Work Study student intern from King’s College as our Watershed Outreach Grant Research Specialist
Carolyn M. Phillips, a native of Luzerne County and Freshman in Environmental Science at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, has started her participation in a Federal Community-based Work Study (CBWS) internship program with EPCAMR as our Watershed Outreach Grant Research Specialist over the Winter leading into Spring 2026. CBWS allows eligible College and University students…
EPCAMR Brings on former Intern and AmeriCorps VISTA Maria Gereda, as another Full-Time, GIS Watershed Outreach Specialist to Work on Mine Subsidence Insurance Mine Mapping Project
Born and raised in Kingston, PA, Maria Gereda’s academic and professional pursuits initially led her to the state of Texas where she graduated from University of Texas at El Paso in 2022. Shortly after, she moved to Austin, Texas, to serve with the Texas Conservation Corps as an AmeriCorps member…
EPCAMR is a non-profit, non-government, non-partisan public charity dedicated to:
- Reducing health and safety hazards, eliminating soil erosion, improving water quality and endorsing the reclamation of abandoned mine lands to productive uses in the region, there by improving the economy.
- Promoting the spirit of cooperation among all parties with an interest in resolving abandoned mine drainage / abandoned mine land problems
- Serving as a liaison among the various governmental agencies (federal, state, and local), watershed associations, industry, and conservationists with a common goal of abandoned mine reclamation
- Encouraging the remining and reclamation of lands, streams, and resources impacted by mining
- Educating, informing, and involving the public with mine drainage and mine reclamation issues
- Seeking and acquiring available sources of funding for restoration, reclamation, education and assessment projects
- Providing assistance in developing watershed associations and coalitions interested in abandoned mine reclamation issues