Research Paper on:
Future Suggestion on Kentucky Mining and Ecological Reclamation

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Mining can be associated with a myriad of problems and issues. Local economy is, of course, often directly associated with large mining operations. This relationship  is largely a positive one but there are numerous other issues to consider when we consider the topic of mining. Mining can be tremendously disruptive from an environmental perspective.  The answer to this disruption is a limitation of the types of areas which can be mined and effective reclamation plans. Mining has evolved from a phenomena which  leaves behind gaping and potentially dangerous holes in the earth surface. Today we have the capability to reclaim mined areas to some semblance of their pre-mined state and to  even add additional ecological features which have the potential to serve important ecological function. Reclamation of mined areas can even go hand in hand with the address of other  environmental problems such the recreation of man-made wetlands to replace some of those lost to development and even the subsequent use of these man-made wetlands in the disposal of treated  effluent from domestic wastewater treatment. In the state of Kentucky, for example, there are distinct regions which are characterized by distinct  mineral, energy, and water resources. It is important for the student to remember, however, that state borders are artificial in their nature. The extent of natural resources are  contiguous on the basis of geology and other natural factors, not on political boundaries. The geographic area referred to as Appalachia, for example, is most often identified with Kentucky.  In reality, it extends southward from the Appalachian area of eastern Kentucky, through eastern Tennessee, to just below the southern Tennessee border encompassing the northernmost portion of Georgia and