I made another visit to a great area that was a former mine site. Wingfield Pines is in the southwestern corner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. This area was the former site of both underground and surface mines. I was pleased at the beauty and biodiversity of the area. The trails were well utilized by locals for walking, jogging and dog exercise. There are treatment pond where the drainage from the mine areas are being treated. Ponds on the property are magnets for waterfowl and a diverse wildlife community.
If you are every travelling up I-79 toward Bridgeville, PA you owe it to yourself to take a side trip by the Wingfield Pines area to see what can be done with abandoned mine land by a people with vision.
If you are every travelling up I-79 toward Bridgeville, PA you owe it to yourself to take a side trip by the Wingfield Pines area to see what can be done with abandoned mine land by a people with vision.
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