PELLA —
A Field Day for the Goff Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project near Knoxville will be held on Wednesday, June 13 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch will
be provided by the Marion County Cattlemen’s Association and the Red Rock Environmental Education Fund. The program features a hayrack tour of the project to view aspects of the reclamation process including current and completed construction. The event will also include partners’ exhibits and the opportunity to learn more about the unique partnership between private landowners, local conservation groups, and various government agencies who are working together to reclaim this site and others. The field day is free and open to the public.
The event will be held 3 miles south and east of Knoxville. To reach the site, from Knoxville travel south on Highway about 1.5 miles to Oregon Drive. Travel east on Oregon Drive about 1.6 miles until you see the field day site on the north side of the road.
The Goff AML Reclamation Project consists of 200 acres of priority features such as dangerous highwalls, hazardous water bodies, and clogged stream lands that were disturbed by unregulated surface coal mining during the 1950’s. These conditions have resulted in serious water quality concerns because of high sediment loads and acid mine drainage caused by acidic runoff. Goff Creek, formed within the abandoned mine land site, feeds into English Creek and then into the Des Moines River. Reclamation of the site improves water quality by reducing sediment; eliminates acid mine drainage; and restores hazardous features to approximate pre-mining conditions.
Reclamation of the Goff AML Project is a partnership between local conservation groups, landowners, landowners, local agencies, state agencies,and federal agencies, including the Red Rock Environmental Education Fund, the Marion Soil and Water Conservation District, Kinder-Morgan Pipeline Company, Iowa Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development, Iowa Heartland Resource Conservation and Development, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and the U.S. Office of Surface Mining.
For more information, call Randy Cooney, Mines and Minerals Bureau, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship at 515-281-3476.
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