Protecting Benham and Lynch from Expanded Mining
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A petition to designate the historic districts within the cities of Benham and Lynch Kentucky and the viewshed from those districts, and the watersheds that provide the water supply for the towns as areas unsuitable for mining has been drafted by KRC.
This petition seeks to designate the historic districts within the cities of Benham and Lynch, Kentucky and the viewshed from those historic districts, as well as the watersheds that supply the water supply sources for those cities, as unsuitable for all types of surface coal mining operations.
Read the petition in full here
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By Kentucky Resources Council
on 03/01/2019 5:32 PM
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The Kentucky Resources Council is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the conservation and prudent use of Kentucky’s natural resources. Since 1984, we have dedicated ourselves to protecting Kentucky’s land, air, water, and communities.