Local Organizations Unite to Support SHINE After School Program

by Earth Conservancy | Dec 16, 2024 | Community, Education, Staff & Organization

Earth Conservancy was proud to join forces with several outstanding local partners – the AllOne Foundation & AllOne Charities, The Luzerne Foundation, the United Way of Wyoming Valley, and the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund – to support the SHINE...

EC Presents at Art Education and Reclamation Conferences

by Earth Conservancy | Oct 24, 2024 | Education, Staff & Organization

Elizabeth W. Hughes, EdD, presents at the 2024 Pennsylvania Art Education Association conference in Hershey, PA. Elizabeth W. Hughes, EdD, EC’s Director of Communications, recently highlighted our organization’s environmental initiatives at two prominent...

ARIPPA Grant Supports New Bridge at Askam AMD Treatment System

by Earth Conservancy | Oct 18, 2024 | Watershed Restoration

Thanks to a $4,800 grant from ARIPPA, EC’s Askam Borehole AMD Treatment System has undergone an important infrastructure upgrade with the installation of a brand-new aluminum gangway bridge. The previous wooden decking posed numerous challenges, increasingly...

Exploring the Sugar Notch Trail with NBLT & DCNR

by Earth Conservancy | Oct 6, 2024 | Community, Education, Greenspace

The autumn leaves provided a brilliant backdrop for North Branch Land Trust’s (NBLT) recent community hike along the western edge of the Sugar Notch Trail, a large part of which is now part of the Pinchot State Forest. EC included it in a recent 1,400-acre...

WeReclaim! Artists Recognized at 2024 Hexagon Project Exhibit

by Earth Conservancy | Sep 21, 2024 | Community, Education

Top: SHINE Program Director Katie Lykon-Bond, Hector Rojas, & Alexander HernandezBottom: Award-winner Hector Rojas & family Top: View of the WeReclaim! exhibitBottom: Award-winner Alexander Hernandez & family The Interdependence Hexagon Project recently...