An abandoned Iowa coal mine is being reclaimed, now closed to public
It was the home of a strip coal mine until the 1950s, until it was acquired by the state. It's now managed by the Iowa ...
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Reclaiming abandoned coal mine's ‘ecological disaster,’ Iowa launches largest effort yet
The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since ...