In this post I have the rest of the photos from my trip to the mountains a couple of days ago.
As I stated, the clear-cut mountain in this post, I came up on by accident and was actually attempting to avoid mountaintop removal just for one day. However after taking a GPS reading from the point I could go no further due to downed trees, I discovered I was on the opposite side of the site that I am all too familiar with. The shocking thing to me about that was the fact that I was at least a mile, in a straight line, from active mining. The size of the Edwight MTR site is simply unimaginable especially from the ground.
In the first Google Earth photo, the coordinate mark is the exact spot where clearcutting starts. In the second the X marks the spot where the photos in this post were taken. I didn’t get coordinates at the second spot, I already knew where I was. I would be curious of the total acreage including the surrounding clear cut mountains.
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Off topic – I watched about the last 45 minutes of the Senate hearing yesterday and I guess the first thing that comes to mind – uh oh King Coal. I smell big trouble for you.
