Article: State's top mine reclamation awards announced

Arch Coal Inc.'s Ruffner Mine in Logan County won the state's top mine reclamation award for 2003, the West Virginia Coal Association announced.

The association and the state Department of Environmental Protection jointly sponsor the reclamation award program. To win, mining operations have to be nominated by a state inspector.

Additionally, Ducks Unlimited named Catenary Coal Co.'s Samples Mine in Kanawha County as the winner of its "Wetlands West Virginia Award." The West Virginia Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation named Colony Bay Coal Co.'s Boone County surface mine as the winner of its "Wildlife West Virginia Award."

Other reclamation award winners included Green Mountain ...

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