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Tue, 04/27/2021 - 11:52am
University of the Cumberlands celebrated Arbor Day this year by planting trees on land that was recently converted from barren surface-mined land into cross-ripped future forestlands.
Cumberlands purchased the land – 102 acres located off State Route 92 – several years ago. With the addition of the 50 new trees planted by Cumberlands staff and students to celebrate Arbor Day, approximately 74,250 trees have been hand-planted on the land.
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Governor Andy Beshear this week announced the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) proposal to help grow the job opportunities for Eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian region. The 2021 AML Pilot Program has $10 million dollars in federal grant money available through the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and the Kentucky Division of AML for projects in Appalachian counties with historic coal mining sites that will create long-term economic benefits. Governor Beshear said the pilot program, now in its sixth year, has a proven record of growing jobs, improving infrastructure and providing an economically sustainable future for communities. Since 2020, the Beshear administration has recommended 11 projects in 10 Appalachian counties.
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Officials with the U.S. Department of Interior told Oklahoma leaders earlier this month to turn over their records and to halt oversight activities related to surface coal mining and reclamation activities inside the Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation.
The Interior Department s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) believes the U.S. Supreme Court s decision in McGirt vs. Oklahoma stripped the state of its oversight authority.
Attorney General Mike Hunter is advising state leaders to ignore the direction.
On Friday, Hunter announced he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Interior to inform officials he believes the department is misinterpreting federal law and overstepping its authority.