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About Us
 On February 13, 1964, out of concern for the conservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and aesthetic resources of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the Luzerne County Commissioners established the Luzerne Conservation District.
The Luzerne Conservation District is a not-for-profit, local agency whose primary types of activities include: regulatory/voluntary compliance, technical assistance, and education/outreach. We accomplish our mission through cooperation with landowners and land users; by working with other public and private organizations; and by increasing citizen awareness of their responsibility to be good stewards of natural resources.
As one of the sixty six conservation districts in Pennsylvania (one for each county except Philadelphia County), the Luzerne Conservation District is involved in developing local programs and implementing on-the-ground practices to protect the soil and water resources of Luzerne County. The district is led by a nine-member board consisting of community volunteers and a county commissioner. Currently, there are twelve staff members including: the District Manager, the Administrative/Human Resources Manager, the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Regional Coordinator, the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Watershed Outreach Coordinator, the Chesapeake Bay Conservation Technician, three Resource Conservation Specialists, the Watershed Program Coordinator, the Conservation Education Coordinator, the District Secretary, and a part-time Building and Grounds Keeper. District programs are developed in order to best serve the specific environmental needs of the resources and people of Luzerne County.
DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Chairman - Thomas Venesky, Farmer Director
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Vice Chairman - Timothy Ference, Public Director
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Treasurer/Secretary - Timothy J. Connolly, Jr, Public Director
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Joseph Boiwka, Farmer Director
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Leonard J. Burger, Jr., Farmer Director
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William C. Letwinsky, Public Director
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Gregory Skrepenak, Commissioner Director
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Bruce Trumbower, Public Director
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Carl R. Urbanski, Farmer Director
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Rob Andrews, Associate Director
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Jack Hanish, Associate Director
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Commissioner Steve Urban, Associate Director
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John J. Wilkes, Jr., Associate Director
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DISTRICT STAFF
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Heather Berlew, Resource Conservation Specialist II
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Keith George, E&S Conservation Technician
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Michael Hewitt, EPCAMR Watershed Outreach Coordinatior
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Robert Hughes, EPCAMR Regional Coordinator
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Susan Kolb, Administrator
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Josh Longmore, District Manager
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Jeff Peters, Resource Conservation Specialist I
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Shawn Rybka, Chesapeake Bay Program Coordinator
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Amy Salansky, District Secretary
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Aaron Stredny, E&S Conservation Technician
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Vacant, Watershed Specialist/Education Coordinator
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