1. REFLECTIONS ON 20 YEARS OF
RECLAMATION
2018 PA ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION CONFERENCE – June 21, 2018

2. Your conferences and meetings
SHOULD include a field trip or tour
and it should be one that is
remembered, Instagramed, and
talked about for years to come.
Few conference / meeting
experiences generate as much
enthusiasm, or promise as many
lifelong memories as does the field
trip.

3. Well-designed and well-planned field trips can lead to
new learning, reinforce what already has been seen
and learned, and aid greatly in the retention of
information.
When on a field trip, participants
develop rich understandings not
available through any PowerPoint
presentation.

4. Unfortunately, many of those unforgettable
memories, photos, and discussions may be rants
rather than raves.
Planning a successful field trip, takes more than a
couple of phone calls.
Broken down busses, rain, bad mayonnaise in the
lunch sandwiches, and people that just want to lag
behind the fifteen minute stop time all have to be
planned for, but…

5. THE BEST BET FOR A TRIP THAT IS
UNFORGETTABLE FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS IS TO HAVE AN INTRIGUING
ITINERARY THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE
FORGET ANY FOUL-UPS THAT OCCUR
“STUFF” OFTEN HAPPENS

6. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
MENTION “INTERESTING THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “FAMOUS THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “UNIQUE THINGS”
INCLUDE “THINGS YOU LIKE”
TRY TO INCLUDE “FUN THINGS”

7. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY

8. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA

10. WHAT DO I SHOW THEM?
MAYBE:
 MINEWATER DISCHARGE
 MINEWATER TREATMENT
 RECLAMATION
 UNRECLAIMED HAZARD
 ACTIVE MINING
 TOURIST MINE
NOT VERY NEW IDEAS, EH?

13. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

17. MAKE SURE YOU
TALK ABOUT THE
NEXT STOP’S
INFORMATION
ON THE BUS
NOT
IN THE
FIELD

18. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
MENTION “INTERESTING THINGS”

19. AND MAYBE SOME CHALK OR SPRAY PAINT
CENTRALIA

21. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
MENTION “INTERESTING THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “FAMOUS THINGS”

22. THE “WHALEBACK”

24. STOCKTON MINE

26. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
MENTION “INTERESTING THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “FAMOUS THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “UNIQUE THINGS”

27.  HISTORY/HERITAGE
 NATURAL HISTORY
 BASEBALL
 COWBOYS
 LUNCH
 TRIVIA
 MASCOTS!

28. JEANESVILLE MINE RESCUE MONUMENT

29. UPPER LEHIGH

30. JAKE DAUBERT, NEWTOWN

31. TOM MIX BIRTHPLACE, DRIFTWOOD, PA

33. “FAMOUS” CONEY ISLAND, SHAMOKIN

34. CADET RESTAURANT, KITANNING

35. WITH MISS PENNSYLVANIA

36. WITH “JOHN WILKES & ISSAC BARRE”

38. STEPS TO AN INTRIGUING ITINERARY
TAKE/BRING A CAMERA
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
MENTION “INTERESTING THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “FAMOUS THINGS”
TRY TO INCLUDE “UNIQUE THINGS”
INCLUDE “THINGS YOU LIKE”

43. “BREAKER BOY EXPERIENCE”

45. THANKS FOR SPENDING TODAY WITH ME