“We take our dedication to the Navajo Folks, our sole shareholder, very severely,” Vern Lund, Navajo Transitional Power Firm CEO stated in a media assertion.
This 12 months, as proof of that dedication, the corporate acquired NMA’s “Sentinels of Security” award within the Massive Floor Coal Mine class. The Sentinels of Security award is the nation’s preeminent award for mine security and is awarded annually to the mine with the most effective security report in the complete nation.
Incomes this recognition underscores the worth NTEC places on its most essential useful resource on the Navajo Mine, its miners, the corporate stated. With a majority Navajo workforce, NTEC places the security of its workers first.
“The custom of superior security practices is in our DNA,” stated Lund. “We couldn’t keep that custom with out our unbelievable group, and I’m so proud to see their efforts honored on this method.”
NTEC was additionally acknowledged for its cautious stewardship of the Navajo land and atmosphere by OSMRE and acquired its Nationwide Award for Excellence in Floor Mining Reclamation for reclamation work on the Navajo Mine. No floor mine has ever acquired each a Sentinels of Security and a Nationwide Reclamation award in a single 12 months earlier than.
NTEC labored for years to earn this honor by bringing 61 acres of the Higher Chinde Wetland Complicated and Decrease Chinde Wash Wetlands again to life on the Navajo Mine. The venture concerned geomorphic reclamation methods, soil mitigation, vegetation re-establishment, headcut stabilization, wildlife administration, and hydrologic inputs.
Beforehand vacated by virtually all wildlife, this complicated, biodiverse space has now been restored as a local riparian and wetland habitat, residence to a wide range of species starting from birds to badgers and beavers to bobcats. This reclamation venture has additionally made the land extra resilient to drought situations, which have gotten more and more frequent.
