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PHOTO COURTESY OF LEE BRAYNT
PHOTO COURTESY OF LEE BRAYNT
ABOVE: Nearly a century of mining ravaged
Lee Bryant's Kentucky holding.
RIGHT: Lee Bryant poses with a turkey
harvested on his property.
companies keep neighbors warm and
well-fed.
" Without mining in eastern Kentucky,
people would have starved to
death. Coal was their only choice, "
Bryant says while looking out over an
expanse of kudzu. Like an undulating
wave, the verdant vine spreads down a
steep embankment and then unfurls for
eight acres. Beyond the creeper's reach,
oak trees have turned honey-yellow and
maples paprika-red.
Some 20 years ago, Bryant purchased
this 600-acre parcel just outside of Williamsburg.
Defaced by nearly a century
of coal mining, the place was " a gravel
pit " -a barren moonscape frosted with
invasives like shrubby lespedeza, Japanese
honeysuckle, Chinese privet and, of
course, kudzu.
But Bryant had a vision. He also had
emotional ties, having spent the 1980s
riding horses and hunting small game
on this tract. Then an active mining site,
it was here that Bryant learned to love a
piece of land, much like my daddy did
that mucky stretch of pasture.
" It seems I've known this property for
forever, " Bryant reveals, going on to explain
that the original owner was a family
friend, someone who didn't mind a
teenager roaming about.
So, when the 600-acre parcel became
available for purchase in 2000, Bryant
jumped. In the nearly two decades since,
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