GILLETTE — Peabody Energy’s Caballo Mine has received national honors for good neighbor practices and environmental excellence from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards. Each year, an expert panel from U.S. Interior's Office of Surface Mining evaluates land restoration programs and community activities from operations around the nation to honor best practices and innovation. Eight awards were presented in 2009.

The Caballo Mine won a National Award of Excellence for restoration of streams and wetlands associated with North Tisdale Creek, where the operations and environmental team effectively established riparian vegetation, wetland conditions and regional landscape features of the prairie. At Caballo Mine, these restored lands are twice as productive for livestock grazing than native range.

Two other Peabody mines in the Midwest were also recognized during the ceremony.

Peabody’s North Antelope Rochelle mine gained similar recognition from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in early September with an Industry Reclamation and Wildlife Stewardship Award.

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