More than 1,400 miles of streams in Kentucky were buried or significantly damaged by coal mining valley fills between 1981 and 2005, according to Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC). They add that there is more destruction every day.
The headwaters of these streams are the source of major rivers. KFTC says they also provide drinking water for more than 1 million Kentuckians.
KFTC and others are asking the Kentucky legislature this session to pass The Stream Saver Bill at the 2010 “I Love Mountains Day” march and rally at the state capitol on Thursday, February 11.
Members of KFTC and others from across the state who are working to end mountaintop removal will gather at 11 a.m. at the riverfront near the capitol to march in unity to the state capitol (.6 mile).
The march will be followed by a rally on the front steps of the capitol.
For more information, email info@kftc.org or call 606-878-2161
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