Why it exists

What this network knows belongs to the people and organizations in it: our expertise, lessons, systems, practices, stories, struggles, and communities. Much of it is being lost, and many of us are working with little or nothing at a time of funding abundance. Together we can keep what we know, put it to work, and build the capacity, operations, and resources the work needs. What do we know? is where that starts.

The work is big. About 5,700 miles of Pennsylvania streams are impaired by mine drainage, and the state has about 220,000 acres of abandoned mine land, about 19% of it reclaimed. Federal AML funding is $11.3 billion over 15 years, and Pennsylvania’s share is the largest annual state allocation. Get the numbers for your county or congressional district on the dashboard.

How it’s organized

• Knowledge Base: how do I do this?
• Library: is there something I can use?
• Data Hub: what does the data show?
• Community: who can I ask?

Who it’s for

Everyone working on Pennsylvania’s abandoned mine land and mine drainage: watershed groups and volunteer monitors, conservation districts and agencies, engineers and consultants, community leaders, educators, researchers, and funders.

Who runs it

AML-Connect is run by the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR), a nonprofit founded in 1996 and based in Ashley, Pennsylvania. It serves the network across the whole state, well beyond eastern Pennsylvania. What members share stays theirs: you choose how you’re credited, and you can take something back any time.

Questions? The Contact page, or [email protected].