An abandoned Iowa coal mine is being reclaimed, now closed to public The Pella Wildlife Area is being closed to the public while the state continues a massive environmental reclamation project ...

Iowa officials are continuing a massive mine reclamation project in the central part of the state, hoping to turn around decades of environmental degradation. The Pella Wildlife Area is a 277-acre ...

Coal mining was a short but significant part of Iowa’s history. When the miners left midway through the 20th century, there was no regulation in place to ensure they cleaned up the land.

Coal mining in Iowa declined in the 1920s and most mines closed in the 1950s. Reclamation of these abandoned areas began in Iowa in 1983 following the federal Surface Mining Control and ...

Historical mining maps show the South Des Moines Coal Co. operated a 203-acre mine beneath where the south-side neighborhood now sits. ... provided by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, ...

Coal mining in Iowa declined in the 1920s and most mines closed in the 1950s. Reclamation of the abandoned areas began in 1983 following the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of ...

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 ...

Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (pictured) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. (Photo courtesy of Iowa DNR) The Iowa ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship embarked this month on a 162-acre abandoned mine land reclamation project in the Pella Wildlife Area. This is one of about 120 reclamation ...