Watch former WV congressman Ken Hechler discuss the devastation of Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia and learn more about this environmental destruction in Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities.

Because of WVU Press author Shirley Stewart Burns' work and dedication to exposing MTR devastation in the Mountain State, Appalachia, and throughout the world, this environmental destruction is finally receiving national attention. Burns has created and contributed to this awareness through her open access history dissertation, a subsequent book entitled Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities, and her editorial work in a forthcoming film documentary on MTR. Watch Shirley Stewart Burns' sing Leave those Mountains Down during her acceptance of the 2009 ETD Award.

Congratulations, Shirley!