Healing Mountains
May 26-29, 2006
Photos by Vivian Stockman
During Memorial Day Weekend, more than 300 mountaintop removal
opponents converged for the Healing Mountains conference at the Cedar
Lakes Conference Center in Ripley, WV. The event combined OVEC’s 6th
annual Summit for the Mountains with Heartwood’s 16th annual Forest
Council.
To read more about this event, see OVEC's
September 2006 Winds of Change newsletter.
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| As the conference opened, the rain cleared and
a rainbow arced over the Cedar Lakes Conference Center. |
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| Mountain Justice Summer volunteers watch over
the OVEC table |
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| Workshops and panels around the conference
center campus were jam-packed. |
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| Coalfield residents from Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia and West Virginia addressed the crowd. Standing is Mingo
County resident Donetta Blankenship. |
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| Volunteers saff the mobbed OVEC table. |
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| Former Congressman Ken Hechler and Dorris
"Granny D" Haddock--two champions of Clean Elections and the
campaign to end mountaintop removal. |
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| Granny D addresses the crowd. |
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