EPA Alumni Association
We're Not Done Yet!
A network of over 3,300 Members with 83,000 years of service.
Our mission as EPA Alumni is to promote both social and professional interaction among members, support EPA staff, inform the public, and serve as a source of institutional history regarding EPA’s mission, all in furtherance of environmental protection.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where we are proud to have worked, is a Federal regulatory agency that, under Congressional mandates, conducts research and data gathering, provides technical assistance and information to state and local agencies and groups, as well as the general public, and operates grant and regulatory programs to protect public health and the environment.
We had a wonderful Annual Get-Together on May 7th
Supporting EPA Staff and Recent Alumni
Upcoming Academy Sessions
RRESTORE AND PROTECT!
Two Inspiring Stories of Ecological Rejuvenation
June 23rd 4 PM
Plaster Creek Watershed covers about 58 square miles in West Michigan. The 27-mile long Plaster Creek, which has headwaters in agricultural areas, flows through commercial and residential sections of Grand Rapids, and finally through industrial areas and low-income neighborhoods, before joining the Grand River (that flows into Lake Michigan). This creek is known as the most contaminated surface waterway in West Michigan. Plaster Creek Stewards (PCS) is a collaboration of Calvin University faculty, staff, and students working with l
ocal partners to restore health and beauty to the Plaster Creek Watershed. This grass-roots and faith-based community effort seeks to reconcile relationships between people and the natural world by focusing on research, education, and ecological restoration. This hopeful community-based work is featured in the recent book, Reconciliation in a Michigan Watershed: Restoring Ken-O-Sha (Michigan State University Press).
In 2016 the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (SRMT) completed the decommissioning and removal of the 87-year old Hogansburg Hydroelectric Dam—the first impassible barrier to fish on the St. Regis River, tributary to the St. Lawrence River in northern New York. The dam removal reconnects up to 555 river miles of habitat for migratory fish. The dam was in the heart of the SRMT’s longstanding and ongoing land claim. Project lands have been converted to public access for community members to enjoy the naturally flowing river. The SRMT is credited with the first hydroelectric dam decommission and removal in NY, and is the first Indian nation to remove a federally licensed dam.
