In the June, 2017, issue of The Highlands Voice, Beth Little did a story on a project designed to do effective reclamation on an old strip mine that had been poorly reclaimed, if at all.  Now there is a mini (6 minutes) movie of the project.  You can see what it looks like, hear some of the people who were involved talk about it, etc.  Check out “Climate Informed Restoration in the Appalachians” at vimeo.com/145174203.