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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

EPCAMR Brings on Gabby Zawacki, Old Forge, PA as our first Community Relations Outreach Intern from Wilkes University

Gabby Zawacki was born and raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has spent a large portion of her life exploring railroad tracks and hiking trails. Throughout her early life, Gabby became curious in amphibians, particularly eastern gray tree frogs, and other wildlife species native to NEPA. This interest continued throughout her…
Holly Halecki, Wikes-Barre Twp.-PA, and Senior at King’s College becomes the first EPCAMR Watershed Outreach Intern for the Spring 2014 Semester

Holly is currently a Senior Environmental Studies major at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA. After graduation she hopes to work with a wildlife agency such as the PA Game Commission, US Fish & Wildlife Service, or for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Holly currently works at the Shoe Department as…
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