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
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Lehigh Natural Resources Becomes EPCAMR’s 1st Gold Sponsor
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EPCAMR would like to thank Douglas Topkis, Lehigh Natural Resources, for becoming EPCAMR’s 1st Gold Level Sponsor for our 15th Anniversary Dinner & Fundraiser to be held on August 4th, 2011 at the Genetti’s Inn & Suites in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Douglas is the CEO of Lehigh Natural Resources, an 8,000 acre Anthracite coal…
You’re Invited to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration Summer Meeting
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Summer 2011 Meeting of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration (SME) Thursday, June 16, 2011 Valley Country Club in Conyngham, Pennsylvania Cash Bar at 5:30 pm Buffet Dinner at 6:30 pm Cost: $30 per person (pay at door) Presentation: Thomas Murphy, PSU, speaking about Marcellus Shale…
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