Not specifically. I am opposed to the unnecessary and long term damage to entire watersheds due to inadequate protective measures and poor management.
that photo you linked is from planetsave.com
they oppose all moutaintop removal coal mining.
they are very much what most folks here would call anti-conservative...they even have a category in which they lambast as comparable to Holocaust deniers people that many here respect and hold dear.
posting a pic from there is no different than linking from stormfront
No matter what they do to “restore” them later, they are *not* the achingly beautiful Appalachians I grew up in.
There once was a time I could tell you exactly where I was based solely on the silhouette of the mountains around me...in too many places, not any more.
Where the *many* underground mines are/were, the mountains remain unchanged and the wildlife thrives.
I am ultra-conservative in *all* respects...not just those that are “popular” with other conservatives.