Terraces and dry-dams control runoff 
and associated soil erosion

Water impoundments provide watershed protection 
and valuable habitat.

Turkey farming is big business in Daviess County. Disposal of the manure is a problem in that it can be applied to the same land for a limited time until phosphate levels become too high. Restored mined land is suitable for receiving this material since the replaced soil is normally short on organic material and low in soil nutrients. The company has utilized several thousand tons of turkey manure in their land reclamation work. This gives the turkey producers a local site to spread manure and helps in restoring organic material and nutrient levels to the soil. Solar Sources uses tree plantings around permanent water impoundments and streams in order to break up the landscape and provide edge and diversity for wildlife.

Solar Sources' Cannelburg mining operation is one of the finest examples of excellence in mining a complex arrangement of ownerships and coal seams and land use types. Foremost at the complex has been the restoration of topography, soil, water and drainage control conditions conducive primarily to agriculture. The company has always held high standards of reclamation to be of the greatest importance in mining Indiana's coal seams.  It is Solar's policy that once the land has been returned with topography and soils intact then the land will regain value and may be utilized successfully for a wide variety of land uses.  As evidenced by the ongoing farming operations, this concept is evident today in the reclaimed portions of the still active operations.

Corn fields yield an average of 160 bushels per acre.