Coal-Stripped Land as a Mammal Habitat, With Special Reference to Fur Animals

Abstract

stripmines will never exceed more than a few times their present area, although the coal-stripping industry is now active in some 18 states.1 The above acreage does not include the open-pit iron mines in Minnesota or the thousands of excavations made for clay and other materials throughout the country. Stripmines occur chiefly in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, and Ohio, but 12 other states have stripped lands of some importance.