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Stripping coal from a mountain demands a wholesale rearrangement of its summit and the transformation of the surrounding forest into a moonscape. Enormous machines rip out the vegetation first, followed by the topsoil, and finally a layer or two of rock.

Stripping coal from a mountain demands a wholesale rearrangement of its summit and the transformation of the surrounding forest into a moonscape. Enormous machines rip out the vegetation first, followed by the topsoil, and finally a layer or two of rock.

Although it might seem so, old abandoned coal mines from several decades ago are no longer wastelands as forests are starting to grow back into the hollowed-out land. Read more here.

A review of new and old research shows coal strip mines rebound in remarkable ways, findings that could shape a new vision for these ravaged landscapes.

AMES — Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and Pathfinders RC&D, is hosting a grazing field day

AMES — Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and Pathfinders RC&D, is hosting a grazing field day

By Tim Kowols -- Amphibians, birds, and you will have more room to roam at the Door County Land Trust’s Legacy Preserve in the Town of Clay Banks thanks to a recent land donation.

Abandoned mines in Macoupin, Sangamon and Schuyler counties are among those the state plans to reclaim through $75 million in federal funding.

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