Introduce Yourself — Who Are You and What Are You Working On?

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  • March 23, 2026 at 10:19 am #893
    AML Connect
    Keymaster

    We’re building AML-Connect for the people actually doing this work, and we’d love to know who you are.

    Tell us: What organization are you with? What region or watershed are you focused on? What kind of work are you doing right now — monitoring, O&M, grants, restoration, education, something else?

    And if you want to share it: what’s the one thing you wish was easier to find or figure out in your AML/AMD work? That question will help shape what AML-Connect prioritizes.

    I’ll start: I’m the platform admin at EPCAMR. We’ve been building this platform to fill a gap that’s existed in the PA AML network for years — a shared place for institutional knowledge that doesn’t live in one organization’s files or one person’s head. We’re starting small and building from here.

    Your turn.

    April 17, 2026 at 11:26 am #1082
    Anne Daymut
    Participant

    Hi everyone, I am the Watershed Coordinator for the Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (WPCAMR). I work on a lot of things including some policy, advocacy, education and outreach; the PA AMR Conference; some treatment system maintenance; watershed organization support including the ARIPPA Award; and many other things. I am looking forward to this community.

    August 4, 2026 at 11:00 pm #1096
    Bobby Hughes
    Participant

    What’s up! I’m Bobby Hughes, the Executive Director for EPCAMR for the last 30 years of my career. We are focusing on NE and NC PA watersheds impacted by legacy abandoned coal mines and mining-impacted waterways. Just follow us on our social media and see all of the projects, programs, assessments, monitoring, mine pool mapping, mine mapping, and educational events we are working on throughout the year. It’s never a dull moment at EPCAMR.

    The one thing that I wish were easier in our line of work is to understand why the federal government thinks that it’s justified to have federal reimbursement grant programs when the majority of the smaller non-profits that are applying are already located in environmental justice communities and lack assets, real estate, and the financial wherewithal to borrow from a bank or can establish a line of credit to cover cash flow expenses on projects, cover payroll, and indirect costs.

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