Environmental Education & Outreach Programs
EPCAMR offers a variety of presentations and information to schools, watershed festivals, and local government programs for a service fee to cover staff time and travel. Below are sample topics from past projects that are covered in a presentation (30 minutes to 1 hour in length). Hands-on activities may take longer to prepare and conduct...
AMD Avengers vs. The Pollution Posse Activity Book
History Behind the Book The EPCAMR staff came up with another idea to talk about Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) and Abandoned Mine Land (AML) with elementary school children. We often make presentations in elementary schools at Field
Watershed AMD & AML Field Tours
The EPCAMR staff is available to conduct educational watershed field tours to several Abandoned Mine Reclamation (AMR) sites throughout the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. Areas that we explore - with landowner permission and safety in mind - are Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) that can contain water-filled stripping pits, abandoned underground mine fires, culm dumps, abandoned...
Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation (PA AMR) Conference
Every year, EPCAMR and its sister coalition from Western Pennsylvania, WPCAMR, co-host a state-wide conference on Abandoned Mine Reclamation. The themes and locations vary as the committee decides on the most relevant and important issues for that particular year. Typically, the conference is held in the summer months in State College, PA. For more information...
“Digging Up the Wyoming Valley” Fossil Education Program
EPCAMR is proud to introduce a hands-on elementary educational program that teaches students about fossils, ancient creatures and plants frozen in time. Program materials were organized into portable trunks by EPCAMR Intern, Pamela Katner, and VISTA, Valerie Taylor, in 2005. In order to make this program a reality, EPCAMR worked with a number of partners in...
Trout in the Classroom
EPCAMR is proud to host approximately 200 Trout Eggs-Fingerlings annually. Below is a live feed! You can watch them develop right before your eyes. Sorry, there is no sound. You are viewing our demonstration trout in the classroom tank located in our office. If you would like to see them, test water and/or feed them...
