Now being added to the broken hearts and bodies of the families which were and still are being added to the list of disabled workers and dead fathers, is the destruction and ruination their environment. I looked accross the mountain and what did I see? Natural beauty made ugly, clear and drinkable water made smelly and contaminated; running creeks and brooks backed up and filled up with rock, dirt and discards; home sites eroded away and sway back houses tither waiting for the fall at the end of a washed out road. The mountains of yesterday look beat and cut up from a fight with a knife and hickory stick.

Dubtful that the mountain stewards can stop the large corporations and coal operators, but it would be a shame to go down without a fight. It look like it is the 12th round in a 15 rounder. The bigger are winning with lots of cheering and money from the boys in Washington, DC, and Wall Street. If I were a betting man, I would give the odds and the bigger boys, but in my heart, I would be rooting for the Mountain Stewards. KEEP ON FIGHTING!