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WBSRC Meeting -
October 9th
Clearfield County Watershed Picnic-
September 8th
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Greetings!
It is that time again! Time for the next WBSRC meeting and newsletter. The WBSRC is always looking for newsletter articles and speakers for the WBSRC meetings. If you have a newsletter article or a topic you would be interested in, please contact us at info@wbsrc.org.
Be sure to check out the newest section of our newsletter called the "Technical Corner" that will include a brief explanation of an AMD-related monitoring, planning, or maintenance activity. It is out hope that the Technical Corner will provide useful information and/or additional resources toward implementing these types of activities.
We hope to see you Tuesday, October 9th, at the WBSRC meeting in Clearfield. Please note due to a conflict the meeting has been moved to the first Tuesday in September.
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Babb Creek Celebrates a New Idea!
Adapted from DEP Press Release
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New turbines at the Antrim treatment plant.
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On July 18th, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer opened a valve allowing treated acid mine water from the Antrim treatment plant in Tioga County to power a turbine and begin generating electricity to run the facility. Read More...
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14th Annual PA AMR Conference a Sucess
by Anne Daymunt, Western PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
The 14th Annual Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference was once again the highlight of the summer for those of us working to treat abandoned mine drainage and restore abandoned mine lands. With the theme, "New Frontiers in Reclamation", and held August 2-4 at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in State College PA, this year's conference explored innovative ways to achieve abandoned mine reclamation in Pennsylvania. Read More...
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Member Spotlight: Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
by Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
The Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) is a regional, 501 (c)(3) educational, public, and charitable environmental non-profit organization. It was  formed in 1995 by concerned conservation districts, regional environmental community leaders, and community watershed groups who represent a coalition of watershed organizations and reclamation partners to address abandoned mine land issues and AMD in northcentral and northeastern PA. EPCAMR became chartered in June 1996 and hired its first and founding Executive Director, Robert E. Hughes, in May 1997. Read More...
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Technical Corner: Why Bugs?: The Importance of Macroinvertebrate Surveys to AMD Restoration
by Rachel Kester, Trout Unlimited
As a volunteer working to restore AMD streams you are probably familiar with benthic macroinvertebrate surveys.  Along with water chemistry analysis and flow measurements, they are integral parts of every stream monitoring/ assessment project. You have probably stepped into a stream a time or two to perform these surveys yourself, or you may have watched as others have performed the "buggy boogie", kicking up the stream bed in search of the critters who call it home. Macroinvertebrate surveys are fun and interesting, to be sure, but what makes them an important component to every restoration project? Read More...
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