NEWS & EVENTS
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We’re happy to share news about Earth Conservancy’s recent activities. See what we’ve been up to!
Yudichak Gives Update on SOS Nursing Home Program
Senator John Yudichak held a news conference at Meadows in Dallas to highlight the progress the NEPA Nursing Home SOS Program has made in providing PPE to protect residents and staff in area nursing homes. What started with a $250K donation from Earth Conservancy and $250K match from the AllOne...
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 and adaptability has been...
EC Receives $2,500 ARIPPA Grant to Monitor Nanticoke Creek
Over the past several months, EC has been discussing our work to repair the Nanticoke Creek watershed with a variety of groups. In truth, there’s still much we don’t know about it. To that end, we are thrilled to have been selected by EPCAMR for a $2,500 grant from the ARIPPA Reclamation Grant...
EC Pitches In at EPCAMR Illegal Dumping Cleanup
Yesterday, EC's Project & Operations Manager, Jason Tarnowski; Compost Facility Foreman, Nick Kratz; and our 721G Case loader were glad to assist EPCAMR and their partners in cleaning up a large, illegal dumpsite on the old South Preston Drive in Hanover Township. Although it was disheartening...
EC Discusses SMCRA Reauthorization
EC was pleased to be one of the groups interviewed by former Federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement Director Joe Pizarchik about the importance of reauthorizing the U.S. Abandoned Mine Land Trust Fund, which supports AML reclamation, remediation, and economic development...
PA DCNR Awards Grant fpr Hanover 7A Recreation Area Feasibility Study
EC is excited to start its second recreation planning initiative this year, made possible through a just-announced grant award from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The project focuses on 30 acres located off the SVP in Hanover Township, adjacent to the new PA State Police...
EC Goes Virtual with Wilkes’ Environmental Engineering and Earth Science Department
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 Hughes of EC talks about the...
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 training unemployed and...
EC Donates $50,000 to Lower South Valley COG for COVID-19 Assistance
Earth Conservancy is proud to support our local communities in their COVID-19 response through a $50,000 donation to the Lower South Valley Council of Governments, helping eight municipalities acquire the urgent PPE and screening supplies they need. Read more in the Times Leader by clicking...
EC, AllOne Foundation, Yudichak Announce SOS Nursing Home Program in Fight Against COVID-19
Earth Conservancy is proud to be a partner with the AllOne Foundation & Charities in the Nursing Home SOS Program coordinated by Senator John Yudichak. This is a time of great need, and the aid supplied will ensure necessary equipment and services are available to both staff and residents in...
Tree Planting on Espy Run as Part of Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership
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 and Judy Lemmond who, as part of...
EC Welcomes New President/CEO, Terry Ostrowski, PE
EC officially welcomed Terence J. Ostrowski, PE, as its new President/CEO this February, following the retirement of its longtime President/CEO, Mike Dziak. Terry is a native of the Wilkes-Barre area, and brings with him over 20 years of progressive engineering and management experience. He...