National Heritage Areas Partner on Watershed Initiative
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National Heritage AreasPartner on Watershed Initiative
On February 6, 2008, the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor convened a meeting with the Federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Americorps OSM / VISTA Program, the Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team (ACCWT) and multiple heritage & watershed partners located in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania.
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Purpose
To work together to create a regional Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team OSM / VISTA Program across Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region and add a regional coordinating office to support these activities. In addition to the initial focus on anthracite watershed issues, partners would also work together on preservation and conservation of anthracite related resources, heritage and culture throughout the region.
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The Anthracite Heritage Alliance
was born!!
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Alliance Includes Three National Heritage Areas
Located in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region
• Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
• Schuylkill River National Heritage Area• Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority
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Federal and State Partners
• Americorps VISTA• United States Department of the Interior• Office of Surface Mining (OSM)• Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team (ACCWT)• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources (DCNR)• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP)• Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation (BAMR)• DCNR – Nescopeck Environmental Center
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Multiple Watershed and
Conservation Groups • Carbon County Conservation District• Earth Conservancy• Eastern Middle Anthracite Regional
Recovery• Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mines
Reclamation• Friends of the Nescopeck• Greater Hazleton Civic Partnership• Lackawanna County Conservation District• Lackawanna River Corridor Association• Northumberland County Conservation
District• Schuylkill County Conservation District• Schuylkill Headwaters Association• Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance• Wildlands Conservancy
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Corporations
• Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
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First Goal – Addressing Watershed Issues
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Anthracite Heritage Alliance
Alliance CoordinatorDale Freudenberger
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
ACCWT - OSM / VISTA Coordinator
Upper Lackawanna WatershedACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Upper Lehigh WatershedACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Shamokin Creek WatershedACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Nescopeck - Jeddo WatershedACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Schuylkill HeadwatersACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Schuylkill WatershedACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Wyoming Valley WatershedACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Lower Lackawanna Watershed ACCWT - OSM / VISTA Program
Organizational Structure
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First Step
Setting up the
ACCWT OSM / VISTA Regional Program
to address anthracite region
watershed issues
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Map of Watershed areas that
will be addressed
by each OSM / VISTA
Program
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Identify sponsors and begin recruitingfor 8 OSM / VISTA Positions throughout the region
plus one VISTA Coordinators Position
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5 Primary Goals of the ACCWT OSM/VISTA Program
1. Capacity building of local watershed organizations
2. Water quality monitoring and watershed research
3. Enhancing community awareness through education and outreach
4. Promoting community revitalization through heritage development and celebrations
5. Professional development for the volunteers in environmental and community development
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Watershed Progress
• 2 OSM/VISTA Watershed Coordinators are currently serving with AHA partners.
• 2 additional OSM/VISTA’s will be starting soon following PSO Training.
• 1 ACCWT Summer Associate is working.
• We are currently recruiting for 5 other available VISTA positions.
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Heritage and Cultural Preservation
More emphasis will be placed on these issues
as we are able to fill all of our OSM/VISTA positions
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More information on the ACCWT OSM/VISTA Programcan be found on their website
atwww.accwt.org
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For more information on the ACCWT OSM / VISTAopportunities available in the
Anthracite Region,contact:
Dale [email protected]
Phone: 610-377-4063
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Electric City SignScranton, PA
Steamtown National Historic Site
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Lackawanna State Trail Park Cleanup – Illegal Dumpsite
LRCA Canoe-A-Thon Race
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Lackawanna Coal Mine & Museum
Descending into
Mine Shaft
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Acid Mine DrainageVandling Outfall
Old Forge Bore Hole
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Avondale Mine
Eddy CreekAML ProjectOlyphant, PA
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Views along the Levee Trail Hanover Twp. - Luzerne County
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EPCAMR VISTA Volunteer Carly Trumann collecting iron
oxide from Phase II AMD Treatment Wetlands
Nanticoke Creek WatershedLuzerne County
Mine Subsidence at K-Mart Parking Lot
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Past & Present Views Huber Breaker
Ashley, PA
Preserving the Huber Breaker
for future generations
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Marker for theKnox Mine Disaster
Twin Shaft Mine DisasterNewton Colliery
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Newport TownshipLuzerne County
Plainsville BoreholeLuzerne County
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Ice Cave Clean-up
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Wilkes-Barre ScenesPreserving local
landmarks and culture
Irem Temple
Luzerne CountyHistorical Society
Wilkes-Barre Station
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Two views along Susquehanna River from
Council CupLuzerne County
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Nescopeck State Park andEducation Center
Luzerne County
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Mine OpeningHazleton, PA
View of Jeanesville culm bank
from Hazleton
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Jeanesville Mine Disaster 1891
Monument UnveilingJeanesville, PA
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Jeddo TunnelDrainage SystemLuzerne County
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Historic preservation at Eckley Miner’s
Village
Eckley, PALuzerne County
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White Haven LibraryDLNHC Info Center
(former LVRR engine house)
Lehigh Canal Lock remnants at
White Haven, PA
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No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum,Philip Ginder Monument and
The Asa Packer Mansion Museum
Carbon County, PA
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Mahanoy Creek WatershedSchuylkill County
Blaschak Coal CompanyMahanoy Creek, Lavelle, PA
St. Nicholas Breaker
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Trash Clean-upSchuylkill Headwaters
AssociationSchuylkill County
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Owl Creek DamSchuylkill Headwaters
AssociationSchuylkill County
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Wadesville PitMill Creek WatershedSchuylkill Headwaters
Wetlands AMD TreatmentSchuylkill Headwaters
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Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance
Northumberland County
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Schuylkill VISTA Volunteer Catherine
Webster at work
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Downtown Shamokin, PANorthumberland County
Shamokin Creek WatershedExcelsior Corbin Refuse Fire
and Illegal Dumping Site
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Northumberland CountyHS Students make iron oxide tye-dyed t-shirts
“Got AMD?”