we think this is very important
for for the kids to become familiar with
mine land reclamation and the
environmental aspect of it i guess this
would be a paramount surface job that
was mined maybe three years ago this is
a good one
trees are important part of how we
restore the land they
hold the soil in place keep
soil from running off mine sites
and actually grow up in a productive uh
restore the land to productive value
we have these big tall like
i like to call them bogus
they look like pogo
and they had like it looked like a
little shovel at the end and you pushed
it down in the ground
and whenever you got it deep enough you
took some of the roots
and put it down in there variety of
different trees dogwoods red buds and
some american
chestnut trees the blight has course
wiped out all our american chestnuts and
this is a way of reintroducing
chestnuts american chestnuts that have
all the characteristics of the american
chestnuts but have the blight resistance
of the chinese chestnuts i like that we
had to work together as a team and it
was a team effort to one person dug the
hole another person planted trees and we
just had so much fun oh i enjoyed all of
it
we always talk to the sixth graders
about coming back and seeing the trees
after we plant them what will it look
like
i hope it grows and be big put you right
up here
i think that
plays a part in teaching kids
that will be
the next generation on what it means to
take care of the land and how how mining
can
be done in a safe and environmental way