Aerial view of Mountaintop removal and reclamation landscapes
Summary
Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed.
To learn more about the cultural dimensions of "mountaintop removal and reclamation" and the new landform complexes the coal industry is creating in the coal fields of central Appalachia, Lyntha Eiler and I visited the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection. There we interviewed Roger Hall, the assistant director, who invited us to view by helicopter the mountaintop removal and reclamation in progress on the Marsh and Clear Forks of the Big Coal River. Benny Campbell, a mining inspector from the Logan County office of the DEP, accompanied us on our helicopter tour.
Tags
Date
01/01/1995
Location
West Junction
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain