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Show Reforested 'Spoils' Being Stocked With Fish ' Reforested "spoils" look like any other green, watered rural area only better. The ridges and valleys left by the mining operations develop devel-op streams and lakes. With the help of state conservation departments, depart-ments, particularly in Indiana, these are being stocked with fish. The city of Linton, in the heart of Indiana's strip-mining country, bought more than 600 acres of partly planted "spoil" land, including 28 lakes, the largest two miles long. Plans include a supporting fish hatchery, the planting plant-ing of quail, roads and bridle paths winding along the ridges, skeet and rifle ranges, boating, picnic grounds, and a municipal arboretum of all the trees native to the state. Both as erosion retardant and to provide food and cover for wildlife the mine operators' foresters are planting such species as hazelnut, serviceberry, wild plum, wild cherry, cher-ry, grapevines, dogwood, honeysuckle, honey-suckle, mulberry and elderberry. |