Long-time environmental activist Wyonna Coleman passed away this week at the age of 73.

Coleman worked for many years on issues related to surface and deep coal mining and was instrumental in the passage of state and federal laws dealing with reclamation, mine subsidence and water replacement through the Tri-State Citizens Mining Network and other organizations.

She worked as a journalist, a newspaper editor and was for many years the librarian at the California Public Library until she retired in 2000.

12/2/2005