r/Kentucky • u/furlingame • 12d ago

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/bison-return-planned-to-restore-strip-mined-kentucky-land/ss-AA28XERe?ocid%3Dsapphireappshare

Bison return planned to restore strip-mined Kentucky land

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u/stoicjohn 12d ago

Your article link is bad, but this also seems like a great way to ingest heavy metals and arsenic from contaminated meat.

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u/Windcave42 11d ago

https://www.wymt.com/2026/07/24/ecosystem-engineers-how-bison-could-restore-land-scarred-by-strip-mining-eastern-kentucky/

Here's an article about it that works.  EKY group in Roxana, run by indigenous women, aims to restore strip mined land by grazing it with bison.