[outdoorsman43]

lol, what a joke. If anyone honestly thinks that reclaimed mountains are anywhere near the quality of the mountian before mining, you are either brainwashed, or ignorant.

Take a biology course, or more specifically an ecology or conservation course, or just do some studying and read about edge effects, erosion, run off, etc. Reclaimed mountians are not "reclaimed" at all.

I dont think MTR can or should be stopped at this exact moment, but we should be doing everything in our power to reduce the number of MTR mines in the very near furture. The effects of MTR have been ignored for too long, hoepfully that will change and we can start the process of getting away from coal and MTR before it is too late.

Well, what about all the good that comes out of these reclaimed mountains?

Stone Crest Golf Course in Prestonsburg is nothing but a mined out strip. It also includes baseball fields, soccer fields, and a horse corral. Super Walmart in Hazard and many other businesses are located on a huge mined out strip.

You, or no one else can possibly tell me nothing good comes out of reclamation.