Photos from Appalachia

Students volunteer for the Morris Creek Watershed Association in Montgomery.

Students learn about the environmental impacts of legacy coal mines in Morris Creek.

Hana '22 helps conduct a benthic study for Morris Creek Watershed Association with West Virginia Institute for Technology.

Kellen '20 and Gillian '18 leaders search for invertebrates in a soil sample from Morris Creek!

Sarah '22 and Aadhya '22 examine a sample of coal found while on a walk along Morris Creek.

Students take water samples in Morris Creek.

The group meets with Iron Beaver, a locally-owned business in Montgomery, West Virginia to learn how small businesses are adapting to the decline of coal production. Iron Beaver is creating custom artwork like the plaque pictured to supplement work repairing mining machinery.

The group meets with Iron Beaver, a locally-owned business in Montgomery, WV to learn about how small businesses are adapting to the decline of coal production.

The group meets with Mining Motors, a locally-owned business in Montgomery, WV to learn about how small businesses are adapting to the decline of coal production. Companies from around the world seek contracts Mining Motors Inc. to repair electric motors for mining machinery.

Aadhya takes a look at an electric motor in repair!

The group visits a mountain top removal site that was reclaimed as a cattle ranch.

Lucas '22 looks across the valley of a reclaimed mountain top removal site. 20 years ago, this site was stripped to extract coal.

The group visits a mountain top removal site that was reclaimed as a cattle ranch.

Coal being loaded onto a barge on the Kanahwa River near Pratt, West Virginia.

Katie '19 learns how power linemen climb poles to repair electricity distribution lines.

Katie '19 learns how power linemen climb poles to repair electricity distribution lines.

The group stops to look at the Hawk's Nest Hydro Dam, built in 1927 to power to a remote electro-metallurgical production facility.

The group stops at the Hawk's Nest Dam and Tunnel, and the events related to its construction, including the Hawks Nest Tragedy, one of America’s worst industrial disasters.

Students visit the West Virginia Cultural Center in Charleston

Students visit the West Virginia Cultural Center in Charleston

"In honor and recognition of the men and women who have devoted a career, some a lifetime, toward providing the state, nation, and world with low-cost, reliable, household and industrial energy... Let it be said that "Coal" is the fuel that helped build the greatest country on Earth, has protected and preserved our freedom, and has enhanced our quality of life. God Bless the West Virginia Coal Miner!"

The group couldn't resist stopping and checking out Cathedral Falls, one of West Virginia's highest and most scenic waterfalls!

The group adds rocks to the Dartmouth K-Dam in Morris Creek. This is the 10th group of Dartmouth students to add rocks to the dam!

Our group with Mike King, Chairman, Morris Creek Watershed Association