Municipal officials are invited to a free workshop April 19 in Wilkes-Barre on using GIS maps to help plan and target the clean up of abandoned mines and to restore watersheds.

The session will begin at 9:30 a.m. in City Hall, 40 E. Market St.

Participants will learn about the availability of GIS maps showing the location of a variety of environmental and community features to be used in planning community-enhancement projects.

The workshop is offered by the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation under a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Luzerne County Conservation District under the Coalition’s program to provide GIS mapping support to municipalities.

For more information, contact Rob Lavelle, GIS Outreach Technician at EPCAMR, 570-674-3409 or send email to: rlavelle@epcamr.org .

4/7/2006