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As the daughter of a coal miner, Julia Bonds has seen the cause and effect created by coal mining.  However, when her 6 year old grandson pulled out handfuls of dead fish from a stream in West Virginia’s Coal River Valley, she knew she had to act.

In 2001, Julia was forced from her hometown of Marfork Hollow because mountaintop removal mining, a process which blasts the tops off mountains so machines may mine thin seams of coal, had nearly destroyed the town.  This form of mining destroys homes, contaminates drinking water, and the blasting forces particles into air which can cause respiratory disease.

Before Julia started actively campaigning against mountaintop removal mining, she was a waitress and a manager for Pizza Hut.  Now she dedicates 90 hours per week towards protecting the Appalacian mountains.

Notable Eco Activity

Julia Bonds is famous for her work against the use of mountaintop removal for coal mining in the Appalachian mountains.  She is currently the Director for the Coal River Mountain Watch and a recipient of The Goldman Environmental Prize.

Julia has successfully implemented many changes, one of the biggest being the partnership she created with the United Mine Workers Union to force coal companies into complying with the coal truck weight limits.  Because of her work, Julia is considered one of the nations leading community activists.

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    Director of Coal River Mountain Watch