Earth Conservancy and the Industrial Archives & Library (IAL) of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, held a celebratory event...
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EC Presents to Leadership Northeast Junior Program 2024
It's always a pleasure to work with a younger generation, as we did presenting to students participating in Leadership...
Blue Coal Archives Project Featured on WVIA
In December, WVIA reporter Kat Bolus and photographer Aimee Dilger visited EC’s offices to meet with the team from the...
EC Makes $250,000 Donation to SOS Program in COVID-19 Fight
Earth Conservancy has partnered with the AllOne Foundation & Charities by donating $250,000 to the Nursing Home SOS Program. Coordinated by Senator John Yudichak, the program will provide necessary equipment and services are available to both staff and residents...
Espy Run Tree Planting Part of Keystone 10 Million Trees
It’s one thing to reconstruct a missing stream channel, as we’re doing with Espy Run. It’s an entirely different challenge to restore the vegetation that’s needed to protect and enhance the new waterway. Entering John Levitsky of the Luzerne Conservation District...
EC Participates in 2019 NAAMLP / NASLR / PAAMR Conference
Earth Conservancy was happy to attend, present, and be an official friend of a joint conference in Pittsburgh by three amazing groups dedicated to the reclamation and reuse of abandoned mine lands: the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs (NAAMLP),...
Dziak Honored by Huber Breaker Preservation Society
On Saturday, July 20, Mike Dziak, EC's President and CEO, was honored by the Huber Breaker Preservation Society (HBPS) with an engraved stone marker during a Heritage Day program at the Anthracite Miners’ Memorial in Ashley. Despite the heat, the event was...
DHL Supply Chain Adopts Sugar Notch Trail
We’re pleased to share that DHL Supply Chain's Hanover Township facility has adopted EC's Sugar Notch Trails as part of the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful campaign. Work began in May with volunteers out in force, clearing paths, trimming overgrowth, and removing garbage....
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’...
Tree Planting & Trail Clean-up with DHL Supply Chain
On Friday, September 21, 2018, EC hosted a tree planting and trail cleanup on its Hanover Recreation Fields and Sugar Notch Trail. The event was led by DHL Supply Chain, which currently operates a distribution center on what was once EC’s Huber Bank. More than a dozen...
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...
NBLT Honors EC with 2018 Community Stewardship Award
North Branch Land Trust has been one of Earth Conservancy’s strongest partners over the years, most recently helping us to transfer over 4,000 acres into Pennsylvania’s state forest system, as well as adding in a critical section of the Delaware &...