Tag: Environment

Former industrial waste pit used as sewer disposal site

Environmental questions raised BY ROGER SMITH and RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN MILO — Spence Branch residents live in the shadow of a domestic septage disposal site that formerly was an industrial waste pit. Residents say sewage waste is being trucked up the hillside and is finding its way back down in runoff following hard rains and…
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Environment, Inez Ky., Milo, Rachel Dove, Roger Smith, Spence Branch

February 1, 2023
Thousands of trees coming to Lovely

BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — Appalachian Renewal Project owner Clifford Smith is committed to restoring approximately 150 acres of post-mine land in Lovely to its past grandeur, one sapling at a time. Site preparation work started earlier this month and will continue until thousands of 1-year-old saplings cover the location on Route 292 near…
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Abandoned Mine Lands, Appalachian Renewal Project, Clifford Smith, ecological restoration, Environment, Lovely, Post-Coal, Rachel Dove, reforestation, Renew Appalachia, The Wilds of Emily Creek

December 14, 2022

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