Office of Surface Mining and Eastern Coal Council to visit ASL and Town of Grundy

                                 

Office of Surface Mining and Eastern Coal Council to visit ASL and Town of Grundy

JOIN US!

 

Wednesday, February 6^th at 10am

Booth Center Room 326

Hear presentations by….

-The Eastern Coal Council on the history of mining in

Buchanan County and the Powell River Project.

 

-The Buchanan County Industrial Development Authority on the

process of strip mining and the development of the

Southern Gap Project that has brought Grundy Poplar Gap Park

and the Municipal Airport.

-A Jewell Smokeless representative about community impact

 of coal companies in Buchanan County

Interested in mining?

Environmental impacts of mining?

Community impacts of mining?

SEE YOU WEDNESDAY!

FOR MORE  INFO…

Contact: Jessica Brown

OSM/VISTA

Phone: (276)935-2551

Email: jessica.brown.grundy@gmail.com
 

The ACCT is a coalition of change-minded grassroots-level watershed improvement groups determined to repair the environmental degradation left from historic coal mining while creating economic stability needed in our rural communities. The ACCT is a partnership between the Office of Surface Mining and AmeriCorps VISTA, sponsoring 34 OSM/VISTAs throughout seven states in the Appalachian Region and is headquartered in Beckley, WV. For more information, visit www.coalcountryteam.org.