From Strip Mine to Sanctuary: How One Landowner Brought 135 Acres Back to Life in Vermillion County, Indiana
When I first walked this 135-acre property in Vermillion County, Indiana, I will be honest — it was overwhelming. What stood before me was a former strip coal mine that had later been converted to a cattle farm. The ground was choked with fescue grass, scarred with overgrown ruts, and had virtually zero native vegetation
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