Photos: SEJ 14th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

Thursday, October 21, 2004

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Tours
North Coast — Lake Erie Fisheries, Presque Isle State Park
Photos by Kenneth Friedman
Aspiring environmental journalists. Erie, Pa. historic boat Learning about Lake Erie Fisheries Touring the Presque Isle beach
Aspiring environmental journalists
Erie, Pa. historic boat
Learning about Lake Erie Fisheries
Touring the Presque Isle beach










One of several mutant Lake Erie frogs Boat ferry to Presque Isle National Park Deer track Presque Isle Cormorants Beach treasures
One of several mutant Lake Erie frogs Boat ferry to Presque Isle National Park Deer track Presque Isle Cormorants Beach
treasures









Longwall Mining: Subsidence and Social Upheaval
Photos by Terri Taylor
Consol Energy's Blacksville Mine Foundation Coal's Cumberland Mine
Consol Energy's Blacksville Mine
Here we are, smiling...
Foundation Coal's
Cumberland Mine
...before we go under














Dammed If You Do... (Please mouseover for captions.)
Photos by Amanda MacMillan
Tour members enjoy an aerial view of Johnstown, Pa., as they ride the town's famous Inclined Plane away from the area hit by the nation's worst flood in 1889, killing more than 2,000 people. The Inclined Plane began operation in 1891, and was designed to carry people, horses and wagons to the new hilltop community of Westmont. With a 70.9% grade incline, it is the world's steepest vehicular inclined plane. A view of Johnstown and the Little Conemaugh River from the Incline Plane car. In 1936, when Johnstown was struck by a second major flood, the Inclined Plane carried almost 4,000 residents to safety. Richard Burkert, Executive Director of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association traces the path the floodwaters took, down the Little Conemaugh River, smashing into Yoder Hill — directly below the observation deck — then up the path of the Stoney Creek. Richard Burkert, Executive Director of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association speaking at the Johnstown Flood Museum, which houses a collection of flood recreations, photographs, and authentic wreckage left over from the flood.








Journalists examine the cement 'floor' built into this man-made Pennsylvania dam. The dam will be removed in the coming months, to restore the stream to its natural course. University students view 3-dimensional photographs of flood-era Johnstown, at the Johnstown Flood Museum. At the Johnstown Flood Museum, a visitor examines photographs of Johnstown residents from 1889. Philadelphia Inquirer writer Tom Avril visits a Pennsylvania dam slated to be removed in the near future, on the 'Dammed if you do' tour. Engineers and project managers spoke to the group about the removal process that will restore the stream to its natural course.








Old Nukes and New Wind Turbines: Today's Energy Choices
Photos by Peter Fairley












The Mon Valley: From Hell With the Lid off to Brownfield Redevelopment (Please mouseover for captions.)
Photos by Jim McKay
Dr. Devra Davis on the bus talking about Donora, PA. Dr. Devra Davis on the Monongahela River across from Donora, PA.
Dr. Devra Davis









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