Author: Bobby Hughes

Bobby Hughes is the Executive Director for EPCAMR since the inception of the organization in 1997. For more information please visit his biography page.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Awards EPCAMR $5000 Watershed Education Experience Grant to Provide Virtual Watershed Tours in a Box to Wilkes-Barre Area School District Students

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation awarded EPCAMR $5,000 to go towards teaching local students about environmental issues in their watershed. The CBF has even launched a new online environmental learning series designed to be a resource for teachers, parents, and students during the COVID-19 pandemic. EPCAMR’s grant coordination will be conducted in…

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Marissa Loftus, Wilkes-Barre to volunteer for EPCAMR Summer Internship and use her Strength in Chemistry to Help Create New UpCycled Educational Exhibit Materials among other Tasks

Marissa Loftus, a Wilkes-Barre native recently graduated from Luzerne County Community College with an A.S. in Chemistry. Currently, she is completing a Bachelor’s degree in Geology at Kutztown University. Having grown up in Wilkes-Barre, Marissa has always had an interest in the history of coal mining in the Anthracite Region.…

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