This facility is a 1,210-acre surface mining operation located near the community of Ano in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Ikerd-Bandy Company received the 2001 Kentucky Commissioner’s Award from the Department for Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement for excellence in reclamation activities. Due to the pre-law mining activity that existed on this site, the company was presented with many difficult environmental challenges.

Several thousand feet of dangerous highwall existed on the site and acid mine drainage was causing serious off-site pollution problems in the wild and scenic Rockcastle River. As a direct result of the company’s ongoing reclamation activity, these public and environmental hazards have been properly addressed. The company’s outstanding effort to create diverse fish and wildlife habitat has been well recognized. To date, 51 permanent impoundments have been built and stocked with bluegill, bass, crappie and catfish. These same ponds also serve as important nesting and stopover sites for geese and waterfowl.