Welcome to Earth Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1992 to address the problem of abandoned coal mine lands, specifically the Blue Coal Corporation lands totaling more than 16,300 acres in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 

In this website we provide information about our organization and our projects, which focus on environmental and economic improvements through the reclamation of our lands and watersheds. Follow the menu selections on the left or below to learn more about our mission and goals.

Earth Conservancy Community Garden Sign-Up

EC’s annual Community Garden will be opening in May. Garden plots are available for Luzerne County residents free of charge.  Water is also provided at the site for watering plants. 

This annual event has many returning gardeners and could provide you with the extra room you need to grow vegetables or flowers.

Call Jacqueline Dickman at 570-823-3445 for more information and to sign up.  Signing up is required before plots can be assigned.

Join the fun of the Keystone Active Zone Program Earth Conservancy’s Mocanaqua Loop Trail is a stop on the 2013 Keystone Active Zone Passport program, the award-winning program  that encourages people of all ages and abilities to get active outside at close-to-home parks, trails, guided walks and outdoor events throughout Luzerne County over the spring and summer. It’s fun, free and easy to explore the outdoors. Earn rewards as you enjoy the outdoors! For more information and to sign up, click on the logo at left. Start today!

Wilkes Barre Racing will host the Third Annual Wendy's Pocono Xterra Trail Run Series.

The series is five great races on some of the most beautiful and rugged country in the east. The fourth race, a half-marathon, will be held at the Mocanaqua Loop Trail System on June 15. For information about Wilkes Barre Racing and the Xterra Series, click on either logo. 

Wilkes Barre Racing is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that organizes, promotes and conducts athletic activities to raise money and awareness for child foster care and adoption.

Start planning now for your trip to the US EPA Brownfields Conference in 2013.  The event will be held August 15-17, 2013 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Click the logo at right for detials.