January 19, 2012 – Undergraduate King’s College students, Dan Gilbert, Zach Yodis, and Ryan Lawrence will intern with EPCAMR over the winter months. Dan and Zach will work with us for 15-20 hours a week, through the King’s College Internship Program, while Ryan is looking for field experience opportunities with a local environmental nonprofit.
Dan Gilbert is a senior Environmental Studies major with minors in Political Science and Geography, from Shavertown, Pennsylvania. Dan said, “I hope to gain plentiful real environmental work experience in a hands-on setting. Doing field work for EPCAMR allows me to see the Anthracite Coal Region by geographic features and watershed boundaries and impairments.”
Zach Yodis is a senior Environmental Science major with a minor in Biology, from Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Zach stated, “with this internship, I hope to gain a lot of hands-on experience, as well as see how EPCAMR operates as an environmental nonprofit. The field work I will do here will give me a better comprehensive perspective on the history and environmental conditions of the Anthracite Coal Region.”
Ryan Lawrence is a senior Environmental Studies major with minors in Biology and Geography, from White Haven, Pennsylvania. Ryan stated, “I hope to implement the skills and knowledge gained through my education to relevant environmental situations, and what better place to start than with an active environmental organization such as EPCAMR that deals with issues that have had such a significant impact on the very region I grew up in.”
All three interns will assist with EPCAMR’s Spring environmental education programs and with harvesting, drying, and packaging our recycled iron oxide that we sell. They will become certified in AMD, Visual Habitat Assessment, and Biological Monitoring to assist the EPCAMR staff with the completion of a Coldwater Heritage Conservation Assessment Plan for the Solomon Creek Watershed. They will also assist with monitoring boreholes throughout the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys to record mine pool elevations and learn how to use flow monitoring equipment on discharges contributing AMD to the Lackawanna River, at the Old Forge and Duryea Outfalls, and in the Wyoming Valley, at the Solomon Creek Boreholes, Buttonwood AMD Shaft Discharge, Askam AMD Boreholes, and Susquehanna #7 Shaft AMD Discharge.
EPCAMR welcomes you, Dan, Zach, and Ryan!
