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Appalachia Energy Immersion: Student Reflections

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Katie Moody '19

This March, ten students and two staff members drove south to coal country, specifically Montgomery, West Virginia.  This spring marked ten years of partnership between Mike King from the Morris Creek Watershed Association and Dartmouth students, for the Sustainability Office and Irving Institute for Energy and Society’s second Energy Immersion trip to Appalachia.  

  • Morris Creek

    The group with Mike King, Chairman, Morris Creek Watershed Association

This March, ten students and two staff members drove south to coal country, specifically Montgomery, West Virginia. Montgomery fills a crescent moon bend in the Kanawha River, 30 miles southeast of Charleston. Our host for the trip was Mike King, a founding member of the Morris Creek Watershed Association who’s been working tirelessly to sing life back into the town’s stream. This spring marked ten years of partnership between Mike and Dartmouth students, and the Sustainability Office and Irving Institute for Energy and Society’s second Energy Immersion trip to Appalachia.

Read more about the Spring '19 Energy Immersion Trip to Appalachia here.