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History & Social Geography
History of Coal River Part 1
History of Coal River Part 2
Glimpse into a Coal River family, mid-20th Century
Absentee Land Ownership
Outmigration
Changes in Lifestyle
Land Use
Current Land Use on Coal River Mountain
Community Land Use in Coal River Valley
Undergound Mining
Forest Resources and Timbering
The Brushy Fork Slurry Impoundment
Community letter to W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin
A Community & Strip Mining
Near the mouth of Hazy
Marsh Fork Elementary
Absentee Land Ownership
Hazy and Shumates Today
Update: lawsuits, possible new location for school
Public Health & Coal Slurry
Prenter and surrounding communities
Water Quality
Coal Slurry
Health
Community Responses
Stories from Prenter
News
Community Resource Mapping
Community Resource Mapping
Children Are the Future of the Coal River Valley
Bill Lucas
Chronicling the Coal River Valley's Coal-Bound History
Clear Fork Couple
Connie and Terry Dillon
Danny Cook and Mack, James Creek
Debbie Jarrell
Delbert and Judy Gunnoe
Elmer Mays, Horse Creek
Frankie Mooney
Gary and Barb Anderson
Jimmy Platt
Junior Walk
Justin Wills
Kathleen Dickens
Kay and Danny Howell
Kendra Dickens
Lonnie Burnside
PROJECT: Build It Up, WV! Summer youth program
PROJECT: Community Greenhouse
PROJECT: First solar thermal installation in the region
PROJECT: Greenhouse Gardens
PROJECT: Mural project in Whitesville
PROJECT: The Tadpole Project
Rachel Bey
Ray and Lottie Cottrell
Sandy Simmons
Shannon Dickens
Sharon Thompson
Sheila and Natasha Walk
Sherry Geisler
Wilma Cook
What is Mountaintop Removal?
Introduction
Environmental Impacts
Legislation, Permits, Regulations
Renewable Energy on Coal River Mountain
Introduction to Coal River Wind
The Threat of MTR on Coal River Mountain
The Coal River Mountain Wind Campaign
Wind vs. MTR for Coal River Mountain: The Economic Debate
Wind vs. MTR for Coal River Mountain: Energy and Climate
A "Just" Transition
Update: Blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain
Organizing for Wind Power
Quick Links
Brushy Fork Sludge Impoundment
Community letter to W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin
Organizing for Wind Power
Blair Mountain Resources
Seasonal Round of Land Use
Lesson Plans
Land Use
History & Social Geography
A Community & Strip Mining
What is Mountaintop Removal?
Public Health & Coal Slurry
Renewable Energy on Coal River Mountain
Public Health Impacts of Coal Mining, and Implications for Health Policy
Community Resource Mapping
Blair Mtn. Lesson Plans
Resources
Educational Resources
Activist Resources
Blair Mountain Resources
Still Moving Mountains CD
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Themes:
History & Social Geography
Maps:
Google Map
Coal River Mountain
KML files
Audio:
Debbie Jarrell on lack of access to the mountains
Debbie Jarrell on Marsh Fork Elementary
Charles Ballard on changes since MTR
Betty Ross on Flooding
Jimmy Meadows on outmigration
Howard Miller, people hiding on mtn. from marauding soldiers
Benny Turner, Native Americans on Bolt Mtn.
Joe Aliff and his Cherokee grandfather
Howard Miller, corn-woodland-pastureland system
Joe Aliff, arming miners for Battle of Blair Mtn.
Mae Bongalis, a visit with Mother Jones
Cody Dickens, a visit from the land company
Dr. Jim Michael Wills of Rock Creek on absentee landownership
Shorty Bongalis on West Virginians migrating to Ohio
John Flynn about moonshinin
John Bowman, staying in Coal River by moonshinin
Video:
Muddy Water
(external link)
Lesson Plan
Articles:
History of Coal River Part 1
History of Coal River Part 2
Glimpse into a Coal River family, mid-20th Century
Absentee Land Ownership
Outmigration
Changes in Lifestyle
Land Use
Maps:
Google Map
Aerial
Aerial with cemeteries and structures
Brushy Fork Impoundment
Proposed Mines
KML files
Audio:
Jimmy Meadows on Loss of Underground Mining Jobs
Judy Bonds on Coal River Mountain
Vernon Haltom on Protecting Places and Resources
Ed Wiley "A Magical Place"
Laffon Pettry, "Molly mooching"
Donna Wills, "nothing I can't can"
Randy Halstead, Joys of ginsengin
Joe Aliff, harvest time
John Bowman, keeping the mash warm
Joe Aliff, how Coal River Mtn. is a drug store
Ernie Thompson, former mine inspector on slurry impoundments
Jack Spadero, engineer on impacts of MTR and slurry
Video:
Blasting on Coal River Mountain near Brushy Fork Impoundment
Lesson Plan
Articles:
Current Land Use on Coal River Mountain
Community Land Use in Coal River Valley
Undergound Mining
Forest Resources and Timbering
The Brushy Fork Slurry Impoundment
Community letter to W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin
A Community & Strip Mining
Maps:
Google Map
Aerial
Permitted MTR Mines
KML files
Audio:
Sylvia Bradford clip 1
Sylvia and Rick Bradford on how MTR has affected their lives
The Bradfords and trains
Debbie Jarrell on disappearing housing stock
Ed Wiley on the Appalachian Mtns. and water
The Bradfords on lack of access
Ed Wiley on Sludge Impoundments
Ed Wiley on Health Effects at MFE
Video:
Ed Wiley interview, black bears bulldozed at MTR sites
Ivan Stiefel, Brower Youth Award winner for organizing with Mountain Justice Spring Break
Lesson Plan
Articles:
Near the mouth of Hazy
Marsh Fork Elementary
Absentee Land Ownership
Hazy and Shumates Today
Update: lawsuits, possible new location for school
Public Health & Coal Slurry
Maps:
Google Map
Aerial
Mine Data
KML files
Audio:
Maria Lambert on Water Quality
Meet Maria Lambert
Meet Patty Sebok
Video:
Prenter, W.Va. and poisoned drinking water
Changing a water filter in Prenter
Well water changes penny's color in minutes
Lesson Plan
Articles:
Prenter and surrounding communities
Water Quality
Coal Slurry
Health
Community Responses
Stories from Prenter
News
Themes Cont'd:
What is Mountaintop Removal?
Maps:
Google Map
Coal River Watershed
KML files
Audio:
Ernie Thompson on Slurry Impoundments
Ernie Thompson "Money got in the way"
Video:
Buffalo Creek Disaster
Lesson Plan
Articles:
Introduction
Environmental Impacts
Legislation, Permits, Regulations
Renewable Energy on Coal River Mountain
Maps:
Google Map
Turbine Locations
WindLogics Data
Wind Feasibility
Wind v MTR
KML files
Audio:
Gary Anderson describes 2001 Clear Fork Floods
Judy Bonds "The Last Vestige of Jobs and Sustainability"
Gary Anderson Imagines a New Wind Industry
Chuck Nelson "This is Our Last Chance"
Judy Bonds, coal is NOT West Virginia
Gary Anderson, Coal River Mountain Wind campaign
Chuch Nelson on Threat of Valley Fills on Coal River Mountain
Gary Anderson on Coal River Wind
Barbara Anderson discusses Mountain Access and Traditional Use
Chuch Nelson "We gotta shut 'em down"
Video:
Ernie Thompson on Coal River Wind
Lorelei Scarboro on Coal River Wind
Blasting on Coal River Mountain near Brushy Fork Impoundment
Sherry Geisler on Coal River Wind
Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "16 Tons"
Lesson Plan
Articles:
Introduction to Coal River Wind
The Threat of MTR on Coal River Mountain
The Coal River Mountain Wind Campaign
Wind vs. MTR for Coal River Mountain: The Economic Debate
Wind vs. MTR for Coal River Mountain: Energy and Climate
A "Just" Transition
Update: Blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain
Organizing for Wind Power
Community Resource Mapping
Maps:
Google Map
Audio:
Video:
Lesson Plan
Articles:
Community Resource Mapping
Children Are the Future of the Coal River Valley
Bill Lucas
Chronicling the Coal River Valley's Coal-Bound History
Clear Fork Couple
Connie and Terry Dillon
Danny Cook and Mack, James Creek
Debbie Jarrell
Delbert and Judy Gunnoe
Elmer Mays, Horse Creek
Frankie Mooney
Gary and Barb Anderson
Jimmy Platt
Junior Walk
Justin Wills
Kathleen Dickens
Kay and Danny Howell
Kendra Dickens
Lonnie Burnside
PROJECT: Build It Up, WV! Summer youth program
PROJECT: Community Greenhouse
PROJECT: First solar thermal installation in the region
PROJECT: Greenhouse Gardens
PROJECT: Mural project in Whitesville
PROJECT: The Tadpole Project
Rachel Bey
Ray and Lottie Cottrell
Sandy Simmons
Shannon Dickens
Sharon Thompson
Sheila and Natasha Walk
Sherry Geisler
Wilma Cook
Additional Resources:
Coal River Wind Project
Sludge Safety Project
Prenter Water Fund
I Love Mountains
West Virginia J.O.B.S. Project
Sponsoring Organizations:
West Virginia Humanities Council
The Mark Vann Foundation
Sierra Club
Switzer Foundation
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
Coal River Mountain Watch