Strip mine reclamation

Today I read about a lavender farm in Ashford, West Virginia:

https://www.wvnews.com/theet/news/appalachian-botanical-co-growing-successful-fu...

Fascinating!

Re-establishing pollinator habitat on mined lands using the forestry reclamation approach

https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2017/nrs_2017_horn_001.pdf

Tammy Horn, apiarist

Also involved with back-crossing American chestnut trees for blight resistance:
https://blueridgecountry.com/bees/