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Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. Through mountaintop removal and reclamation, the coal industry is introducing several new landforms to the coal fields.... More

Mary Hufford speaks with Edwight community members at flood site from leak in sludge dam

Mary Hufford speaks with Edwight community members at flood site from ...

Event: Visit to flood site. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. Through mountaintop removal and reclamation, the coal industry is introducing several new landforms to the coal fields.... More

The Sludge Dam at Shumate's Branch, rising above the Marsh Fork Elementary School

The Sludge Dam at Shumate's Branch, rising above the Marsh Fork Elemen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coal cleaning plant as viewed from the sludge dam.  The pond is filled with waste from the coal cleaning process.

Coal cleaning plant as viewed from the sludge dam. The pond is filled...

Mountaintop removal and reclamation introduces several new landforms to the coal fields. One of the introduced landforms is the "wet refuse impoundment," a structure designed to store the waste from coal prepar... More

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. Through mountaintop removal and reclamation, the coal industry is introducing several new landforms to the coal fields.... More

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Aerial view of sludge dam at Elk Run, West Virginia

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. Through mountaintop removal and reclamation, the coal industry is introducing several new landforms to the coal fields.... More

Aerial view of sludge dam at Shumate's branch

Aerial view of sludge dam at Shumate's branch

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. Shumate's Branch was settled in the 19th century by Green Clay (son of Charles and Aura Clay) and his wife Betsy Ann, d... More