Pioneer NewsLocal news for Pioneer, TN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Restoring forests at mines takes root- March 10, 2008 "Any improvement is good, but we are a little leery of terracing the land and putting loose soil on top of compacted soil. It sounds dicey" Barry Thacker, founder of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation of Knoxville, plants the first American chestnut on a reclaimed mine site in Campbell County. via Knoxville News Sentinelhttp://www.topix.net/city/pioneer-tn/2008/03/restoring-forests-at-mines-takes-root?fromrss... |