{"id":281,"date":"2021-04-08T15:17:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2022-02-08T21:12:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T02:12:21","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"front-text5\" class=\"ppbox\">Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation&#8217;s (EPCAMR) mission statement:<\/div>\n<div class=\"ppbox\">\n<blockquote><p>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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Our online store is a fundraising tool to support this mission.<\/p>\n<h3>EPCAMR is a non-profit, non-government, non-partisan public charity dedicated to:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"front-text6\" class=\"ppbox\">\n<ul>\n<li>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, thereby improving the economy.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the spirit of cooperation among all parties with an interest in resolving abandoned mine drainage \/ abandoned mine land problems<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging the remining and reclamation of lands, streams, and resources impacted by mining<\/li>\n<li>Educating, informing, and involving the public with mine drainage and mine reclamation issues<\/li>\n<li>Seeking and acquiring available sources of funding for restoration, reclamation, education, and assessment projects<\/li>\n<li>Providing assistance in developing watershed associations and coalitions interested in abandoned mine reclamation issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epcamr.org\">EPCAMR&#8217;s Website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[fb_event_widget page_url=\u201dhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/epcamr\/\u201d width=\u201d340\u2033 height=\u201d500\u2033 hide_cover=\u201dfalse\u201d hide_cta=\u201dtrue\u201d small_header=\u201dtrue\u201d]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation&#8217;s (EPCAMR) 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}