NEWS & EVENTS

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​...

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...

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 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...

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 minelands. Here, EPCAMR's...

Earth Conservancy was notified it had received a $62,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to conduct a feasibility study for an ATV riding facility in Newport Township. The initiative will build on work done in our 2006 ATV report, as well as information...

It is with mixed emotions and sincere gratitude that we announce the retirement of Earth Conservancy’s President and CEO, Mike Dziak, at the end of January 2020.  Mike joined EC at its beginning in 1994. During those 25 years, he has proven a tireless champion for the organization’s mission of...

After 25 years with Earth Conservancy, and many additional years with the Blue Coal Corporation, our friend and colleague, Rick Ruggiero, is retiring. Rick served as our Property Documentation Specialist & Survey Coordinator, and his knowledge and experience helped bring EC to where it is...

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), the National Association of...

In late August 2019, EC hosted an information session with Congressman Dan Meuser of the 9th District, focusing on reauthorization of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act - aka SMCRA - in 2021. SMCRA helps fund reclamation of abandoned mine lands (AML) across the U.S., and has been...

EC is pleased to introduce Jason Tarnowski, PLS, who joins us as our new Project and Operations Manager.  Jason, who holds a BS in Survey Engineering from Penn State University, is an experienced surveyor and management professional, with over 20 years of experience in the field.  Much of his work...

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 well-attended, including state Rep. Eddie...