To Save The River Save The Mountain
For the last 35 years, Bernie McGurl has told the Lackawanna River's story as the executive director of the Lackawanna River Conservation Association — a Northeast Pennsylvania based nonprofit that aims to clean up the Lackawanna River and preserve the watershed by engaging the community. Now that Bernie’s tenure as executive director has come to an end, the region is experiencing another wave of economic demand brought about by online shopping. Conservationists, like Bernie, wonder if anything has been learned from past industries like coal mining to ensure a better environmental and economic future for the region and the people who live along its waters.