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Environmental Education & Outreach Programs<\/a><\/h3>
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.\u00a0 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...<\/div>

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AMD Avengers vs. The Pollution Posse Activity Book<\/a><\/h3>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 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<\/div>

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Watershed AMD & AML Field Tours<\/a><\/h3>
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...<\/div>

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Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation (PA AMR) Conference<\/a><\/h3>
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...<\/div>

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“Digging Up the Wyoming Valley” Fossil Education Program<\/a><\/h3>
EPCAMR is proud to introduce a hands-on\u00a0elementary 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...<\/div>

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Trout in the Classroom<\/a><\/h3>
EPCAMR is proud to host approximately 100-200 Trout Eggs-Fingerlings annually. \u00a0Below is a live feed! \u00a0You can watch them develop right before your eyes.\u00a0 WE RELEASED 129 TROUT TO HARVEYS CREEK 5\/16\/25. PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN IN JANUARY AS WE WILL HAVE A NEW BATCH TO RAISE. You are viewing our demonstration trout in the...<\/div>

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