Welcome to the EPCAMR Homepage!
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

Bill Widmer, Outdoor Nature Enthusiast from the Pocono Region to join the Army of EPCAMR Volunteers this Fall!
Bill Widmer is a part of the generation of new thinkers. He believes that our communities can accomplish great things if we all start working together and caring about each other. He loves being out in nature, and he wants to do everything he can to clean it up and…
Bridgette Robinson Joins EPCAMR as a Part-Time GIS Technician under Mine Map Grant
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…
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