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
Coal mining ... biologist with Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Gosselink helps manage the Pella Wildlife Area, which the DNR has owned since the 1950s after a strip-mining company left ...