Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Watershed VISTA Summer Associate -AmeriCorps

 

 

Position Title:  Summer Watershed Education & Outreach Specialist – VISTA Summer Associate

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placement

 

Site Location: 

Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR)

EPCAMR, 101 S.

Main Street, Ashley, PA 18706

 

Terms of Service:


* Start Date: 6/15/2026


* End Date: 8/23/2026


* AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 300 hours (Minimum-Time)

 

Purpose:


* Poverty is lack of access to resources, tools, experiences, recreational opportunities due to legacy AMD and abandoned mine lands that are continuing to pollute our rivers, streams, and lands in our communities leaving blight and a general lack of amenities that most other communities have where clean water, air, and land is much more suitable for a higher quality of life.

Our efforts help to locate funds, resources, volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities, watershed experiences, and capacity building from within these very same communities to tackle the environmental issues together through active environmental stewardship projects and outreach programs.


* This project will provide EPCAMR with another volunteer that will have the opportunity to work 400 hours with us to help us move projects along, put a few additional hands in the field for monitoring and help us to reach a larger audience of our community partners across our region.

The member will also help us in areas of grant research, community outreach, publicity, and environmental education programs and events with area youth in our underserved school districts (we have 114 of them in our region and aren't able to serve all of them).

The member will be able to help us tell our story and get the word out about our successes.

 
Description of Duties:

The Summer Associate will focus on capacity-building activities that produce internal planning resources, documentation tools, and community engagement materials.

Duties may include compiling labor market research summaries, developing workforce resource inventories, creating community asset maps, organizing environmental data sets, drafting partnership coordination frameworks, designing planning templates and resource guides, and assisting with public-facing informational workshops, outreach campaigns, or site observations.

Activities are designed to strengthen host organizations’ capacity, guide long-term workforce and environmental program development, provide tangible connections between planning tools and community needs, and support measurable outcomes in workforce access, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.

 

The member will perform AMD and flow monitoring, macro sampling, mining history research, watershed assessment development, illegal dump site cleanups and tire removal projects, grant writing, environmental education and outreach, website updates, graphic design projects, recruit volunteers, assist with our 30th Anniversary Celebration in Se...