Memorial Day on Kayford Mountain

May 29, 2006
Photos by Vivian Stockman

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We set off for that green patch where Stover Cemetery lies. Everything you see used to be the life-sustaining mixed mesophytic forests and its biologically-crucial headwater streams. Scientists have catalogued over 1,000 species of plants in nearby Kanawha State Forest. Once this area is "reclaimed" we'll be lucky to have a dozen species of plants, most if not all, non-native. And the streams that ran here will be forever buried.

Inside the mine gate. Duck and cover, because flying boulders can hurt.

Lead us on, Mr. Mine Gaurd.

Mountaintop removal kills. Any questions?

Long, hot hike through the greed-made desert.

Remmeber, this was all recently forested.

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