Earth Day Special: Reclaiming deforested, and abandoned mine sites in Eastern Kentucky. The history of deforestation - pending legislation to renew the Abandoned Mine Lands trust fund - efforts to reforest abandoned mine sites - a vision for one economic path forward that would revive a once thriving E. Kentucky industry: sheep production.
Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358
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