Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia, a new addition to Library of Congress' American Memory, features digital versions of sound recordings and photographs collected during the American Folklife Center's Coal River Folklife Project, 1992 – 1999. This project documented traditional uses of the mountains and their resources in Southern West Virginia's Big Coal River Valley. Visitors to the site will find extensive information on area residents’ ways of utilizing local plants and animals, such as harvesting ginseng, gathering butternuts and walnuts, and hunting squirrels. In addition, a series of illustrated essays provide detailed portraits of mountain culture and activities, including ramp (wild leeks) suppers, and the importance of ginseng. There is also a clickable diagram of the "Seasonal Round of Activities on Coal River"; selecting any activity or time period shown - e.g. "drying", or "October" - executes a search of the collection on that topic.