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Exploring the Sugar Notch Trail with NBLT & DCNR
The autumn leaves provided a brilliant backdrop for North Branch Land Trust's (NBLT) recent community hike along the...
WeReclaim! Artists Recognized at 2024 Hexagon Project Exhibit
Top: SHINE Program Director Katie Lykon-Bond, Hector Rojas, & Alexander HernandezBottom: Award-winner Hector Rojas...
Participants Complete 2020 EWT Program
A smaller group and strange circumstances, but no less momentous. This Saturday, participants in the 2020 EWT Program wrapped up their final class at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, thereby completing the full 233-hour course schedule. Many congratulations! Your dedication...
EC Goes Virtual with Wilkes to Prepare Online Content for Students
EC had a great couple of meetings with Professor McMonagle, Dr. Karnae, and Dr. Anaya-Archila from Wilkes University's Environmental Engineering and Earth Science Department as they prepared some video-based lessons for their students this fall. Below, Dr. Elizabeth...
PPL Foundation Awards EWT Program $2,500 Supporting Grant
Great news for a program we need now more than ever. The PPL Foundation has awarded Earth Conservancy a $2,500 supporting grant for the 2021 Environmental Workforce Training Program. We look forward to working with Penn State Wilkes-Barre and all our partners in...
Discussing Mining’s Environmental Legacy at Wyoming Valley West
EC was on the road last week with one of its favorite collaborators, EPCAMR, speaking to students in Carol McGarry's honors science class at Wyoming Valley West Middle School. In focus: The many scientific disciplines that inform the work we do in reclaiming legacy...
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),...
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,...