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3D surface analysis showing areas with significant elevation change (valley filling in red, ridge cutting in blue) at a single valley fill, Connelly Branch in the Hobet Mine Complex, WV. Source: Ross, et al., 2016.

Mountaintop Removal Mining and Flash Floods in West Virginia

August 22, 2016July 6, 2016 by A.J. Rohn

Mountaintop removal mining is when explosives are used to blast through the peak of a mountain and expose coal that is buried below. The practice has destructive consequences on the trees of the mountain, as well as the streams.