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Wyoming Valley Watershed Coalition
By Kelly Meinhart, Producer
Our Mountains, Our Streams, Our Rivers, Our Home
Produced by the Northeast Office of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, 2000
 oordinating
and developing a watershed association takes a lot of hard work,
and a lot of cooperation from a variety of volunteer, state,
and local agencies. In this video production, produced by Tom
Musto Productions in Wilkes Barre, we visit with representatives
from the North Eastern office of the Pennsylvania Environmental
Council as well as folks throughout the North Eastern region
to discuss the problems watersheds in the Wyoming Valley are
facing.
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of the issues facing the Wyoming Valley area involves abandoned
mine drainage. This pollution seeps into the Lackawanna River
through discharges left abandoned many years prior. The area
has over 15,000 acres of abandoned mine lands that are devoid
of vegetation. All of this pollution travels through the Lackawanna
River to the Susquehanna River, and then eventually to the Chesapeake
Bay.
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working together, the Coalition hopes address these issues and
clean up the mine drainage sites.
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For more information:
 Wyoming
Valley Watershed Coalition Information
Pennsylvania
Environmental Council
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