Bridgette Robinson, Clark Summit, PA , a December 2012 graduate of SUNY Oneonta, NY with a major in Environmental Science and a concentration n Planning has joined the EPCAMR Staff on a part-time basis, to assist with the Mine Map scanning and catalouging of literally tens of thousands of maps over the next 3 years. She lives in South Abington, and was a 2009 graduate of Abington Heights. As a senior internship at SUNY Oneonta, she interned with State Senator John P. Blake’s Office, Scranton, PA under the supervision of Regional Director Larry West, both who are big supporters of EPCAMR, that is active within his Senatorial District on AMD and abandoned mine land reclamation projects throughout the Lackawanna Valley Watershed. During her time at his Office, she was able to learn the legislative and policy side of environmental issues important to the District.
Currently, she is also working with the Lackawanna River Corridor Association (LRCA), under the leadership of Bernie McGurl, LRCA Executive Director and EPCAMR President, in the Lackawanna Valley, working with the Scranton Sewer Authority (SSA) and the City of Scranton to map, survey, photograph, and locate using a GPS coordinate system, any sanitary sewer lines and storm water drainage sysetms that are antiquated, in disrepair, malfunctioning, leaking, discharging, and entering the Lackawanna River Watershed through it’s tributary streams and drainage areas. She is serving as a Storm Water Survey Technician on a part-time basis with the LRCA. She has inputs thtat data into ArcGIS and related attribute data tables for the project.
” This young lady is a go-getter!” exclaimed Robert E. Hughes, EPCAMR Executive Director. “Not only is she working in two related jobs that are in her field of interest relevant to her degree to gain the necessary experience that may land her a full-time position down the road, she is also a PIAA certified referee in Field Hockey reffing junior high school games and has a job at The Limited as a Sales Associate.”
I’ve met Bridgette on numerous occasions, both in the field and in the Office of the LRCA over the last year and could see her work ethic and interest in the environmental work of both LRCA and EPCAMR’s, so I jumped at the opportunity to see if she wanted an interview for one of our Mine Map Project Geographic Information System Technician positions that we were hiring for immediately.
Having started on the job today, she is obviously a quick learner. Our other Geographic Information System Technician, and former EPCAMR Watershed Outreach Intern, Kelsey Biondo, will be her partner in crime in the Scanning and Cataloguing Department of the thousands of mine maps that we’re obtaining from the various State District Mining Offices, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, and the Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation.
She was so busy today that I didn’t even have time to catch a picture of her for the News Article. I’ll try again on Monday. She was off to Nanticoke Area before 4:15 on her way to referee a Junior High Girl’s Field Hockey Game with her father, who is also a referee. Bridgette got her groove on! Looking forward to having her work with us for a long time.
Bridgette Robinson, new EPCAMR GIS Technician scanning some mine maps on the 56″ ColorTrac Scanner
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