Well...we sure beat the Californians to death over their "NIMBY" attitudes didn't we?
Wonder how many open pit coal mines allow hunting?
for some reason I think Jim is speaking of a different critter than from your article
Did You Know Reclaimed Surface Mines Are Good for Whitetails?
Jim mentioned "open pit" mines, which look nothing like the ones pictured in your article. It's a lot harder to reclaim one of the ones in this link,
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=open+pit+coal+mine&iax=images&ia=imagesthan it would be to reclaim a typical Appalachian surface removal mine.