STOP MTR!!
———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to destroy them will be to admit that the latter are the only values that interest us. – Aldo Leopold
Hiking Schumate Hollow… or what’s left of it
The photos in this post I took over the Memorial Day weekend. The first photo – I was thinking, Beauty and the Beast. I hate to waste a good title but unfortunately hiking Schumate Hollow is no longer an option.———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they [...]
Valley of the Damned
I know the title may not seem appropriate but what else could you call it? Progress maybe… If all of the destruction on the upper ridges were not enough – at the base of this monstrosity sits 2.8 billion gallons of coal slurry. The pond in the next 2 photos is the one behind Marsh [...]
Valley Fills Are Made Of This
I was back in Clay’s Branch for most of the afternoon today. This time instead of being there with a filmmaker I was there with a professional photographer. I also came at the site from a different direction and was enlightened in a scary way. The site is directly connected to the site behind Marsh [...]
Clays Branch Revisited
I consider myself to be a pretty perceptive guy – usually. Since taking the photos of the mountaintop removal site in Clays Branch it seems I just can’t quit looking at them. Tonight while looking at them again I saw something in the photos that completely escaped my attention while looking at the site. In [...]
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