After a lengthy battle against a national pipeline, residents of Central Virginia face a new ecological threat – gold mining.

Photography by Karen Kasmauski; Written by Dori Rathmell

Published April 13, 2023

Check out this well informed, beautifully photographed Story Map, just published by the International League of Conservation Photographers. Follow this link to Karen Kasmauski’s work.

Photo:   Mercury reclaimed from the Moss Mine      © Karen Kasmauski / iLCP

Apologies! The original title to this article was: “Struck Gold in Virginia: StoryMap by International League of Conservation Voters”  Correction: “Struck Gold in Virginia: StoryMap by International League of Conservation Photographers” (ILCP). ILCP informs me this is not the first time this has happened! It was late at night when i was posting this, and the synapses were not all firing… Ha!