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Confluence: February 2002, Vol. 4, No. 2
Featured Environmental Web Site

AMD&ART
AMD&ART has developed an exciting and creative way of dealing with a serious problem that has plagued the Appalachian coal region for decades: abandoned mine drainage (AMD). The organization combines artistic and scientific methods to create a solution to abandoned mine drainage that is at once beautiful and effective. AMD&ART selected three sites in Southwestern Pennsylvania in which abandoned mine drainage posed a threat to the environment. The basic strategy is to work toward the eventual development of wetlands at the threatening sites, a technique proven in the 1980s to improve the quality of AMD polluted water. In addition to developing wetlands on the site, the organization concurrently works on projects at the site that can beautify the area and serve the community in some way, such as the educational center at the Hughes Bore Hole site. Such a program serves a three-fold purpose: beautification, restoration and education. To learn more about AMD&ART and their projects, be sure to visit the website. Also see this issue's In Focus and Interesting Individuals for more about environmental art and an interview with AMD&ART's Jill Byers. For more information about AMD&ART, check out their web site at: http://www.amdandart.org.

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