Active Projects

In November 2025, Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds (FPW) awarded SCRA a $17,000 Conservation Grant to assist with maintenance and repairs at two of our passive treatment systems.

At Site 15 along Rt. 901, we will use these funds to repair several sections of fence that have been damaged by downed trees, as well as trim branches and trees along the fence. We will also replace the damaged information sign posts.

At Site 48 along Venn Access Rd. the gates will be replaced to make the site easier to access, sections of fence repaired, the aging info-sign on our picnic pavilion will be replaced with a new design, and concrete steps will be installed to create safe access to our leaping weir for maintenance and debris removal.

SCRA is very grateful to FPW for their continued support of our mission!

In May 2024, SCRA was awarded our second BIL grant. This grant provides $367,361 for reclamation design and permitting to remove a large refuse pile, Abandoned Mine Land Feature 08 in Problem Area 1605. The project site is located to the west of Big Mountain Road and encompasses three land parcels located in Coal Township, Northumberland County.

The project design will include mitigating the coal refuse pile by recontouring and covering the refuse to reduce runoff and minimize environmental impacts and revegetation of the project site after construction.

In early 2024, SCRA was awarded $422,320 through a BIL grant for a project to reclaim one (1) AML feature, remove existing box culverts, address stream impacts from mine subsidence, and restore the stream.

This grant will fund the design and construction of the reclamation of an AML feature, reestablishment of stream channels, and seal stream bottoms to minimize the infiltration of streamflow underground. At the conclusion of this grant it is expected that the work done by Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance will return Quaker Run to a healthy functioning stream.