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Article: DEAR SEN. ROBERT BYRD: ; Restoring mountains could be your greatest legacy
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- April 5, 2009
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Dear Sen. Byrd,
I write you today as a grandfather, and as a deep admirer of your
inimitable contribution to our beloved state of West Virginia. As
the son of a coal miner, I will always value your work to ensure
economic investment and proper safety in our coalfields.
Soon, as you know, as the colorful peepers of red bush and wake
robins pull from the clinch of winter, I will take my
granddaughter's hand and roam our Clay Branch hollows in search of
ramps. This has been a 150-year tradition in my family in the Coal
River mountain range, as I am sure it was for your family along Wolf
Creek.
This year, though, instead of that pungent smell of wild ramps
and the blossoms of spring, my ...