Iowa

Iowa Accomplishments

4000

acres of high priority abandoned coal mine sites have been reclaimed

29

open mine shafts and portals have been eliminated

25+

miles of dangerous highwalls are no longer a threat to people

1700+

acres of dangerous piles and embankments have been eliminated and the land reclaimed

Videos

Reclaiming Iowa’s abandoned coal mine lands

News & Updates

Share Interior Announces More Than $170 Million in Conservation Funding for States and Tribes to Reclaim and Repurpose Abandoned Coal Mines

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation grants through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and…

Pathfinders receives grant to reclaim four abandoned mines

Iowa

Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. has received four $100,000 Watershed Cooperative Agreement grants from the Office of Surface Mining. -Read More-

Abandoned mine project nets national award

Iowa

MAHASKA COUNTY — The reclamation of nearly 100 acres of a former coal mine has been totally transformed, netting a national award for the team responsible for the project. -Read…

Iowa

Iowa Accomplishments

4000

29

25+

1700+

Videos

AML Reclamation Program

AML Program

Reclaiming Iowa’s abandoned coal mine lands

News & Updates

Share Interior Announces More Than $170 Million in Conservation Funding for States and Tribes to Reclaim and Repurpose Abandoned Coal Mines

Pathfinders receives grant to reclaim four abandoned mines

Abandoned mine project nets national award