Whew, had to delete the first message and calm down. To answer Rick, YES. The coal companies will take every mountain, ruin every stream and river in WV unless stopped. Also the surrounding states. Enter your zip code and see what has been going on. http://zoomer.sierraclub.org/# http://www.ohvec.org/galleries/mountaintop_removal/index.html http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite0105.html http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/BGB2004BoarWildBoar.shtm JOIN the organizations, E-MAIL senators/congress persons. SIGN petitions. Picket, if you feel you must. I found the people with t-shirts from a link in Grist. You may be able to check their archives. The article was about West Virginia and coal companies and mines. It came about the time all those miners were killed early this year from the mine explosion. Sorry, I have to block out some things. Just thought, WVLOGAN archives should have one of the links from Grist. http://www.grist.org/ I have been signing petitions for quite a while. Not sure if they pay much attention to someone from so far away. But I sign them anyway. I had looked at the pictures quite a while ago. It sickened me to see. I can't remember what the coal companies call what they do to strip the tops off of the mountains. Shelby, I think we discussed it a few months ago. Gracie

Thank you for the site(s). Pardon my ignorance, but I don't understand something. In Florida we strip-mine also, for phosphates. But Florida state law requires miners to return the land to "its original state or better," when finished. Most become parks, fishing ponds, jogging/hiking trails, picnic grounds. If the state of WV has no such law, then as I understand it, the money-makers are allowed to take until it's gone and not give anything back? What kind of environment does that produce? My biggest question is: when they finish destroying WV, then what will they do? Try for Ohio or Kentucky? Those states are tough as nails on environmental protection. If this has been going on so long, it can't be just the current governor and government. What? Big money buys WV's government? Sick. Sue >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

>>But Florida state law requires miners to return the land to "its original >>state or better," when finished. Most become parks, fishing ponds, >>jogging/hiking trails, picnic grounds.<< Ditto here in Oregon. Huge gravel pits get filled with water and expensive "lake front" houses are built around them. You would never guess what some of them were after they are all landscaped, etc. What are their plans for all of the flat hilltops???

Gracie, Thanks for sharing the sites. I found this one very interesting: http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite0105.html Brings tears to my eyes when I think of the destruction. Evelyn Wilburn Sukey -----Original Message----- From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:13 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: mountain top removal(OTS) Whew, had to delete the first message and calm down. To answer Rick, YES. The coal companies will take every mountain, ruin every stream and river in WV unless stopped. Also the surrounding states. Enter your zip code and see what has been going on. http://zoomer.sierraclub.org/# http://www.ohvec.org/galleries/mountaintop_removal/index.html http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite0105.html http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/BGB2004BoarWildBoar.shtm JOIN the organizations, E-MAIL senators/congress persons. SIGN petitions. Picket, if you feel you must. I found the people with t-shirts from a link in Grist. You may be able to check their archives. The article was about West Virginia and coal companies and mines. It came about the time all those miners were killed early this year from the mine explosion. Sorry, I have to block out some things. Just thought, WVLOGAN archives should have one of the links from Grist. http://www.grist.org/ I have been signing petitions for quite a while. Not sure if they pay much attention to someone from so far away. But I sign them anyway. I had looked at the pictures quite a while ago. It sickened me to see. I can't remember what the coal companies call what they do to strip the tops off of the mountains. Shelby, I think we discussed it a few months ago. Gracie ______________________________