Komatsu Supports Reforestation Work in West Virginia
Summary
Komatsu crews helped plant more than 1,200 seedlings at the Mower Tract in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest as part of a reforestation partnership with Green Forests Work. The project focuses on restoring land affected by past mining, including drained ponds and basins that had contributed to warmer runoff and stressed trout habitat. Since 2019, Komatsu-backed work at the site has helped restore roughly 1,500 acres, create more than 1,000 wetlands, and plant nearly one million trees.
TSN Take
This one is a little outside the normal tree-service lane, but that is what makes it worth including. It is a reminder that tree work is not only removals, pruning, storm cleanup, and gear. Sometimes the story is about rebuilding canopy where industry took it away.
Why It Matters
Most tree stories are about what comes down. This one is about what goes back in.
Restoring former mining land takes more than dropping seedlings in the dirt. Projects like this help rebuild canopy, improve runoff, create habitat, and give damaged land a real shot at becoming forest again
Read the full story at Canadian Mining Journal
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