from the mountainkeeper.org website

Larry Gibson and Kayford Mountain

Larry Gibson's family has lived on or near Kayford Mountain since the late 1700's. More than 300 relatives are buried in the cemetery on Kayford Mountain. Larry and his family used to live on the lowest lying part of the mountain, and looked "up" to the mountain peaks that surrounded them. Since 1986, the slow motion destruction of Kayford Mountain has been continuous -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eighteen years after the "mountain top removal" project began, Larry Gibson now occupies the highest point of land around; he is enveloped by a 12,000 acre pancake in what was previously a mountain range....

Camp Kayford. The 50 acre tract Larry occupies atop Kayford Mountain includes a natural "bowl" that begs to be hammered into an open air amphitheater. KOTM wants to design and build that theatre and make it a center for the display and celebration of mountain culture. Our ambition is to inspire a "band of brothers and sisters" to come camp on the mountain, hopefully this summer, and contribute the sweat, muscle and imagination to make this idea a reality....

from mountainkeeper.org

tags: green design, bioremediation