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title: Where to Get Help
description: "**Summary:** A routing guide -- if you have a question or need support, this page points you to the right place. The PA AML/AMD network has many resources, but knowing who does what and where to start is not always…"
url: "https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/where-to-get-help/"
updated: "2026-03-17"
category: AML Network
---

# Where to Get Help

**Summary:** A routing guide -- if you have a question or need support, this page points you to the right place. The PA AML/AMD network has many resources, but knowing who does what and where to start is not always obvious. Use the guide below to find the right contact for your situation.

## Technical Help -- Treatment Systems and AMD

- **Questions about AMD treatment system design or performance** → [WPCAMR](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/wpcamr/) (peer technical network) or your [county conservation district](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/pacd/)
- **O&M problems with an existing treatment system** → [O&M Hub](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/om-hub/) (KB resources) + [Technical Help forum](https://aml-connect.org/forums/technical-help/)
- **Stream restoration in an AMD-affected watershed** → [SRI](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/stream-restoration-incorporated/) or WPCAMR
- **Technical assistance in northeastern/northcentral PA** → [EPCAMR](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/epcamr/)

## Funding -- Grants and Programs

- **AML/AMD grant funding for a project** → [PA DEP BAMR](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/pa-dep-bamr/) (AML/AMD Grant Program) and your county conservation district
- **Federal AML funding and AMLER** → [OSMRE](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/osmre-aml-program/) (accessed through DEP BAMR)
- **Growing Greener and Section 319 funding** → PA DEP regional office and your conservation district
- **Grant writing and management support** → Your county conservation district; [EPCAMR](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/epcamr/) in northeastern/northcentral PA
- **Overview of all funding programs** → [How AML Funding and Perpetuity Works](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/how-funding-and-perpetuity-works/)

## Organizational Help -- Capacity, Admin, Governance

- **Starting a watershed organization or partnership** → [Organize a Watershed Partnership](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/organize-a-watershed-partnership/) (KB) + [conservation district](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/pacd/)
- **Fiscal sponsorship for a grant** → Your county conservation district (ask specifically about fiscal sponsorship)
- **Admin templates, budgets, reporting checklists** → [Get Help page](https://aml-connect.org/get-help/) → Resource Library templates
- **Organizational governance and nonprofit questions** → [Organizational Development](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/nonprofit-basics/) KB category

## Data, Maps, and Monitoring

- **AMD discharge data, maps, and watershed layers** → [AML-Connect Data Hub](https://aml-connect.org/data-hub/) (links to AGOL)
- **Water quality monitoring methods and protocols** → [Water Monitoring](https://aml-connect.org/docs/water-monitoring/) KB subcategory
- **Watershed assessment resources** → [Watershed Assessment](https://aml-connect.org/docs/watershed-assessment/) KB subcategory
- **Basin-wide data for the Susquehanna watershed** → Susquehanna River Basin Commission (srbc.gov)

## Regulatory and Permitting Questions

- **Regulatory and permitting questions** → PA DEP regional office and [BAMR](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/pa-dep-bamr/). AML-Connect does not provide regulatory guidance -- these questions require direct DEP contact.
- **AML site eligibility for grant funding** → [PA DEP BAMR](https://aml-connect.org/aml-knowledge-base/pa-dep-bamr/)

## AML-Connect Platform Questions

- **How to use this platform** → [Using AML Connect](https://aml-connect.org/docs/using-aml-connect/) KB category
- **Submitting a resource or media** → [Resource Library](https://aml-connect.org/resources/) or [Media Library](https://aml-connect.org/media/) submission forms
- **Technical issues or feedback** → [Site Feedback forum](https://aml-connect.org/forums/site-feedback/) or [Contact page](https://aml-connect.org/contact/)

**Still not sure where to go?** Post in the [General Q&A forum](https://aml-connect.org/forums/general-qa/) and the community will help route your question.

**Source and Last Reviewed:** Last reviewed: 2026-03.

**Tags:** practitioner, program-manager, pa, aml, amd