FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE PROJECTS
Trout Unlimited (TU) is pleased to announce that through funding provided by the DEP’s Growing Greener Grant Program, it is able to continue its Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) Technical Assistance Program. TU has assisted watershed groups, TU chapters, county conservation districts, and others with a variety of AMD projects through its previous AMD Technical Assistance Program as funded by a grant from Growing Greener.
Based on the assessments and/or recommendations provided in the last rounds of technical assistance projects, most of these groups have successfully obtained grants from Growing Greener and/or other funding sources to move forward with full-scale AMD watershed assessments or implement AMD remediation projects. TU is looking forward to continuing to provide this free technical assistance to groups across the Commonwealth as we all work together to restore our streams, watersheds, and revitalize our communities from one of the largest sources of pollution to our state’s waterways -- AMD.
The types of free technical assistance being offered include the following:
How do you receive this free technical assistance? It’s so easy! Just contact Amy Wolfe, TU’s Director of Abandoned Mine Programs at [email protected] or (570) 786-9562. You can also fill out a request form found here. The initial request form is the only paperwork you will have to handle….the goal of TU’s AMD Technical Assistance Program is to provide top-notch quality technical services with a rapid turnaround time.
Based on the assessments and/or recommendations provided in the last rounds of technical assistance projects, most of these groups have successfully obtained grants from Growing Greener and/or other funding sources to move forward with full-scale AMD watershed assessments or implement AMD remediation projects. TU is looking forward to continuing to provide this free technical assistance to groups across the Commonwealth as we all work together to restore our streams, watersheds, and revitalize our communities from one of the largest sources of pollution to our state’s waterways -- AMD.
The types of free technical assistance being offered include the following:
- Rapid characterization of mine drainage
- Rapid watershed snapshot
- Conceptual design of AMD treatment systems
- Existing treatment system evaluation and recommendations
- Construction oversight
- Pre- and/or post-construction biological and/or habitat surveys
- Qualified Hydrologic Unit Plan (QHUP) development
- Technical capacity building
- Other, as treated on a case-by-case basis
How do you receive this free technical assistance? It’s so easy! Just contact Amy Wolfe, TU’s Director of Abandoned Mine Programs at [email protected] or (570) 786-9562. You can also fill out a request form found here. The initial request form is the only paperwork you will have to handle….the goal of TU’s AMD Technical Assistance Program is to provide top-notch quality technical services with a rapid turnaround time.