Excavists have been hard at work out at the Falkirk Mine in McLean County and at Coteau Properties Co-Freedom Mine in Mercer County. But they haven’t just been digging; at the same time, they’ve been reclaiming the land to restore it to its former state when mining is complete.

Now, two large portions of land have been bond released and are ready to be put back into private operation for agricultural production again.

North Dakota is ripe for the picking when it comes to coal.