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Mr. Stocker certainly has brought out what can be done by private 

 enterprise. This is where we want to intensify our effort. Our good 

 friend, Mr. Collins, whom we know very well, has pointed out very 

 wisely the difference in the factual situation. 



ARNOLD E. LAMM. I think panels such as this are very construc- 

 tive. I think that none of us believe the problem is simple. It is a 

 very complicated problem, and I think that the help of you gentle- 

 men in solving these problems is much to be sought after by the 

 industry. I simply want to explain some of the objectives of the 

 Mined-Land Conservation Conference. 



First of all, we have a voluntary problem of reclamation of land, 

 which is very extensive. The program is supplemented by a staff 

 of experts, a technical committee, consisting of ecologists, chemists, 

 soil experts, people who have been in the land reclamation business 

 for upward of as much as 40 years, some of them. 



Secondly, another purpose of the Mined-Land Conservation Con- 

 ference is to sponsor intelligent legislation on the part of the States 

 to solve this problem. We do believe that there are great problems 

 to Federal legislation, because there are such different objections in- 

 volved, as Mr. Caudill has pointed out. You have a far different 

 situation in the plains of Kansas than you have in the mountains of 

 West Virginia. But we do sponsor intelligent State legislation. 

 We aid and assist those companies that are financially unable to get 

 technical assistance. 



I want to thank the members of the panel for throwing a great 

 deal of light on a very complicated and technical subject. 



Mr. MOTT. It is my understanding that of the 27 States that are 

 doing surface mining, 7 of them have legislation that in one way or 

 another affects rehabilitation. Some of the States use their laws 

 effectively; in other cases the legislation is there, but it is not effec- 

 tively used or implemented. 



Dr. M. GRAHAM NETTING. A great deal of very fine work is being 

 done throughout the country in restoration. I have no intention 

 of criticizing that. But I have gone to a good many meetings and 

 I have heard people talk about revegetation of spoil banks, who, I 

 am certain, have never sat on a spoil bank on a hot July day. 



Much of the planting of tree seedlings by Boy Scouts, by people 

 of good will, is excellent exercise for planters, but unsuccessful be- 

 cause of the species provided. You know that spruces like cool, moist 



