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Our mission is to provide quality and diverse environmental education programs and activities in a community outreach approach to Saint Vincent College, local school systems and the general public. The programs, activities, and events that are the foundation of Saint Vincent College Environmental Education Center encourage local watershed restoration efforts through research, education and community involvement.

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ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE AND REMEDIATION LINKS

AMD Treat - Treatment Design Program - http://amd.osmre.gov/

Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable - http://www.easterncoal.org

AMD role-playing debate simulation and Web exploration activity - http://www.leo.lehigh.edu/envirosci/watershed/riverexp/mine/index.html

French Creek Project - http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/hydro2/fren_crk/fc.htm

AMD OSM's AMD Information Page - http://amd.osmre.gov/

Acid Mine Drainage and Reclamation in West Virginia - http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/landrec/land.htm

Cambia County Conservation and Recreation Authority - http://ctcnet.net/cccra

Stoney Creek Project - http://ctcnet.net/scrip/home.htm

Kiski-Conemaugh - http://www.surfshop.net/users/mccombie/

Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation - www.epcamr.org

Shamokin Creek Restoration - http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/kirby/SCRAblurb.html

AMD Primer/Chemistry - http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/kirby/AMDPrimer.html

AMD Passive Treatment Methods - http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/kirby/PassTreatmtMeth.html

Acid Mine Drainage at the Nickel Rim Mine Tailings - http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/research/ggr/MineWasteGeochemistry/NickelRim/Ray/NR_Tailings.html

AMD and Art - http://www.amdandart.org/

Hedin Environmental Water and Land Restoration - http://www.hedinenv.com/

The Science of Acid Mine Drainage and Passive Treatment - http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bamr/amd/science_of_amd.htm

Colorado School of Mines - http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/jhoran/ch126/index.htm

Wildlands Conservancy - Lehigh River Projects - http://wildlandspa.org/Rivers/lr_amd.html

Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD): Our Biggest Environmental Problem - http://www.house.gov/murtha/district/amd.htm

Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation - http://www.amrclearinghouse.org

 Toxic Metals and Phytoremediation - www.geocities.com/isebindia/95_99/99-10-2.html

The Potential of Phytoremediation Techniques for Selenium Removal - www.hort.agri.umn.edu/h5015/99fpapers/switras.htm

 WATERSHED LINKS

Pennsylvania Organization for Rivers and Watersheds - http://www.dep.state.pa.us/hosting/pawatersheds/

EPA Office of Water, Watershed Protection - http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/watershed/

Know Your Watershed - http://ctic.purdue.edu/kyw/kyw.html

EPA Surf Your Watershed - http://www.epa.gov/surf/

Pennsylvania Directory of Watershed Organizations - http://www.pawatersheds.org/watersheddirectory/

Canaan Valley Instititute - http://www.canaanvi.org/

EPA Watershed Information Network - http://www.epa.gov/win/

F.X. Browne Inc. - http://www.fxbrowne.com/



WETLAND LINKS

USDA/NRCS Wetland Science Institute - http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/

Wetland Information - http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/

Wetlands Regulation Center - http://www.wetlands.com/

US Wetland Services LLC - http://mason.gmu.edu/~thollowe/

Society of Wetland Scientists - http://www.sws.org/

Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center - http://www.wetlands.cas.psu.edu/

 

CONSERVATION AND TECHNICAL LINKS

EPA - http://www.epa.gov

GreenWorks TV - http://www.greenworks.tv/index.asp

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/

Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority - http://ctcnet.net/cccra/pic3.htm

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection - http://www.dep.state.pa.us/

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - http://www.paconserve.org/

Westmoreland Conservation District - http://www.wcdpa.com/

Natural Resources Conservation Service - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

Allegheny Watershed Network - http://www.alleghenywatershed.org/

EPA Office of Water - http://www.epa.gov/owow/

Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation - http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bamr/bamr.htm

 

EDUCATION LINKS

Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education - http://www.pcee.org

Interactive Environment Programs - http://watershed.interactive-environment.com/main/index.php

Ranger Rick Wetlands - http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/grade5/wetlands/reference.htm

Science Curriculum - http://library.mlc.vic.edu.au/wresources/curr-science.htm

McGraw Hill - http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/

SCORE Science Kids Corner  http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/kids.htm

Looking at Watersheds (6-9) - http://www.fhsu.edu/kga/lp/5/dollard.html

What is a Watershed (K)- http://www.adopt-a-watershed.org/matrix/wiaw.htm

EPA Environmental Education Center - http://www.epa.gov/teachers/

Colorado School of Mines Acid Mine Drainage Experiments - http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/jhoran/ch126/index.htm

Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team - http://www.kcstreamteam.org

Worm World - http://www.wormwrld.com

 Kentucky Education web site - http://www.ket.org/trips/coal/qa.html 

 

NATURE/EDUCATION CENTERS

Powdermill Nature Reserve - http://www.carnegiemuseum.org/cmnh/powdermill

Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve - http://www.aswp.org/beechwood.html

Rachel Carson Homestead - http://www.aswp.org/beechwood.html

DEP Environmental Education - http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/enved/env_centr.htm

Pittsburgh Voyager - http://www.pittsburghvoyager.org/

Todd Sanctuary - http://www.aswp.org/todd.html

LEEP - Lutherlyn Environmental Education Program - http://www.lutherlyn.com/leep/index.htm

 

MINING

Underground Mining: Coal Miners at Work - http://www.umwa.org/mining/unequip.shtml

Underground Mining: Room and Pillar Mining - http://www.umwa.org/mining/ugmine.shtml

Mine Types and Mining Methods - http://dnr.state.il.us/mines/lrd/minx4.htm

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