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The OSMRE/VISTA initiative is a collaboration between the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), and community nonprofit groups working in communities impacted by preregulatory mining. 

The objective of OSMRE/VISTA is to support rural mining communities in making their communities healthier places to live and work.

Since 2001 OSMRE/VISTA has been placing determined, college-trained men and women for a year of service in rural mining communities to work with community members to build local capacity, promote economic development, foster environmental stewardship, conduct outreach and education, and gain professional development of OSMRE/VISTAs and their sponsoring organizations.

OSMRE/VISTA is operated as a part of the Build, Restore, Innovate, Develop, Grow, Empower (BRIDGE) Network.

This website is owned and maintained by BRIDGE Network. Although elements of information contained in this website discuss federally funded programs through OSMRE, this is not a U.S. Government website and therefore, does not necessarily state or reflect the views or opinions of the U.S. Government or OSMRE.  Links on this website to other federal agencies, DOI bureaus, or private non-profit organizations do not constitute an endorsement by BRIDGE Network and the views and opinions of authors expressed on linked websites does not necessarily state or reflect those of Conservation Legacy or the U.S. Government