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Organizational Profile
Formed in 1995 by concerned Conservation Districts, EPCAMR represents a coalition of Watershed organizations from Reclamation partners, Co-Generation Plants, the Active Anthracite Mining Industry, Regional Non-Profit Organizations, and 16 County Conservation Districts and other cooperative organizations in the anthracite and bituminous coal region of Eastern Pennsylvania. Counties covered by EPCAMR in North Eastern and North Central PA include: Tioga, Bradford, Susquehanna, Lycoming, Sullivan, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland, Carbon, Schuylkill, Columbia, Lebanon, Dauphin, Montour, and Wayne.
The Luzerne Conservation District, central to the EPCAMR Region, sponsors and houses the EPCAMR Office and Staff. EPCAMR is also supported by funding from the PA Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Watershed Management (Section 319) Non-Point Source Grant Program.
EPCAMR is a non-profit, non-partisan, local, state, federal, and industry partnership dedicated to:
- Improving water quality and endorsing the reclamation of abandoned mine lands in their region.
- Promoting the spirit of cooperation among all parties with an interest in resolving AMD/AML problems
- Encouraging partnerships among the various governmental agencies (Federal, State, County, and Local), watershed associations, industry, and conservationists
- Encouraging the re-mining and reclamation of abandoned mine 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, and assessment projects
- Providing assistance in developing watershed associations and coalitions interested in AMD/AMR
Please Visit the EPCAMR Website at www.orangewaternetwork.org
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