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EC Joins in Newport Township’s 2023 National Night Out
EC joined in Newport Township's annual National Night Out, which gives police, residents, and community groups to...
Earth Day 2023 along the Susquehanna River
Another great year celebrating Earth Day along the Susquehanna River with the Riverfront Parks Committee and local...
EC at the Everhart Museum for “Art in Bloom”
Congratulations to the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art for their wonderful Community Day celebrating Art in Bloom! We at Earth Conservancy enjoyed the chance to talk about our reclamation work, and one particular wildflower that loves mine lands’...
EWT Program Closing Ceremony – 2019 Cohort
On April 12th we marked the end of the second cycle of the Environmental Workforce Training Program with partner Penn State Wilkes-Barre. The closing ceremony was a wonderful opportunity to say thank you to our participants for their engagement and dedication over the...
PPL Foundation Awards EC Sustaining Grant for EWT Program
As we begin recruitment for the next round of the EWT Program, we’re excited to announce a new program supporter, the PPL Foundation. Every year, the PPL Foundation contributes more than $2 million to a variety of nonprofit organizations, with a focus on creating...
First Cohort Completes 2018 EWT Program at PSU Wilkes-Barre
Enormous congratulations to graduates from our first cohort of the 2018 Environmental Workforce Training (EWT) Program. These students, who completed 205 hours of environmentally-focused coursework with our partner Penn State Wilkes-Barre, were positive, committed,...
EC at Earth Day along the Susquehanna | 2017
Earth Conservancy was happy to be part of another excellent celebration of Earth Day along the Susquehanna in Nesbitt Park with over 1,000 students in attendance! This year, we discussed the problems associated with acid mine drainage in the region and how we can...
Luzerne County Awards EC Grant for Askam Wayside Exhibit
With work underway on the Askam Borehole AMD Treatment System wayside exhibit with students from Solomon/Plains Jr. High School, support for the project continues to grow. Earth Conservancy is the proud recipient of a nearly $5,000 grant from Luzerne County's...
Askam Wayside Receives PA DEP Environmental Education Grant
Earth Conservancy was pleased to receive a environmental education grant for $2,996 from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to assist in development of its wayside exhibit at the Askam Borehole AMD Treatment System. Design work is already...
Earth Day @ Kistler Elementary | 2016
Earth Conservancy had the chance to talk about its work to mitigate acid mine drainage on Friday, May 6th, with hundreds of students at Dr. David W. Kistler Elementary School in Wilkes-Barre. Check out some of the excellent AMD-inspired poems they put...
Earth Day Along the Susquehanna | 2016
Despite the damp and the chill, hundreds of area students turned out to celebrate Earth Day along the Susquehanna in Nesbitt Park on April 29, 2016. At EC's station, we discussed our ongoing work to treat acid mine drainage in local waterways - information that was...