28th Annual Meeting of the ASMR, June 11-16, 2011, Bismarck, North Dakota
Table of Contents
Soils and Overburden
Topsoil Loss: Evaluating Agronomic Characteristics of Surface Soils on a Pipeline Right-Of-Way
M. M. Duncan, A. DeJoia
p 185-201
Predicting Topsoil Balance from Different Levels of Soil Survey
B. A. Buchanan, B. D. Musslewhite
p 78-88
Biochemical Reactor Construction and Mine Pool Chemistry Changes, Golinsky Mine, California
J. Gusek, J. Kelsey, R. Schipper, B. Shipley
p 253-268
Characterization of Alluvial Subsoil Strata as Suitable Plant Growth Material: Greenhouse Studies
D. Lang, B. Shankle, J. Duckworth, V. Temu
p 353
Effects of Prime Farmland Soil Reconstruction Methods on Post-Mining Productivity of Mineral Sands Mine Soils in Virginia
Z. W. Orndorff, W. L. Daniels, K. R. Meredith, M. M. Alley, A. F. Wick
p 504-518
Soil Development and Vegetation Establishment on Amended Saline Dredged Materials
A. F. Wick, W. L. Daniels, C. H. Carter III
p 710-733
Forestry
Initial Transpiration and Growth of Native Hardwood Seedlings Planted on Steep Reclaimed Mine Sites
A. D. Klobucar, E. A. Aubuchon, J. A. Franklin, D. S. Buckley
p 326-335
The Influence of Inoculated and Native Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Morphology, Physiology and Survival of American Chestnut
J. M. Bauman, C. H. Keiffer, S. Hiremath
p 16-37
Effects of Soil Amendment Treatments on American Chestnut Performance and Physiology on an East Tennessee Surface Mine
C. R. Miller, J. A. Franklin, D. S. Buckley
p 419-437
Selecting Topsoil Substitutes for Forestry Mine Soils
J. Skousen, C. Zipper, J. Burger, P. Angel, C. Barton
p 591-609
Hardwood Tree Performance on Amended Brown and Gray Mine Spoils After Four Years
C. Thomas, J. Skousen
p 655-675
Water Management
Removing Suspended Metals with a Fine Grained Ceramic Filter Media
P. Eger
p 202-213
Remediation of High-Strength Mine Influenced Water with Crab Shell Substrate Mixtures: Laboratory Column and Field Pilot Tests
J. A. Grembi, B. A. Sick, S. S. Goots, S. Lin, R. A. Brennan
p 215-231
Process Selection and Design of a Passive Treatment System for the Empire Mine State Historic Park, California
J. Gusek, L. Josselyn, W. Agster, S. Lofholm, D. Millsap
p 232-253
Co-Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage with Municipal Wastewater Using the Activated Sludge Process: Preliminary Treatability Studies
T. A. Hughes, N. F. Gray
p 283-305
Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Residuals to Reduce Phosphorus in Poultry Litter
L. M. McDonald
p 409-418
A Case History: Reconstruction of the East Fork of the Arkansas River at the Climax Mine
K. Malers, R. Spotts, K. E. Carlson, B. R. Romig
p 375-407
Riparian and Wetland Creation Along a Newly Constructed Segment of the East Fork of the Arkansas River at the Climax Mine
R. F. Bay, K. E. Carlson, B. R. Romig
p 38-58
Should There be an Aquatic Life Water Quality Criterion for Conductivity?
S. D. Baker, S. P. Canton, R. W. Gensemer
p 1
Opportunity Ponds Wetlands Construction and Revegetation
L. J. Ballek, S. Dunlap
p 2-16
Using Spreadsheets to Evaluate the Effects of Mine Water Disposal on Surface and Ground Water
L. M. Boettcher
p 62-77
Arsenic Speciation in Sediment and Pore Waters of the Historical Mining-Impacted Belle Fourch and Cheyenne River Floodplains
B. D. Pfiefle, J. J. Stone
p 539-551
Sediment Pore-Water Interactions Associated with Arsenic and Uranium Transport Within a Uranium Miningimpacted Watershed in South Dakota
J. J. Stone, L. N. Larson, G. G. Kipp
p 618-634
Water Quality Impacts from In-Stream Mine Tailings in Rio Tarapaya, PotosÃ, Bolivia
W. H. Strosnider, R. W. Nairn, H. R. Montero, F. L. Pinto
p 635-654
Iron and Trace Metal Retention in Net Alkaline CO2-Rich Mine Waters Via Aerobic Processes
R. W. Nairn, J. A. LaBar
p 438-449
Results from the Initial "ELF" Inter-Mine Pool Transfer Tests
B. J. Page, B. R. Leavitt, T. P. Danehy, G. Leavitt, C. F. Denholm, S. L. Busler, L. B. Popeck, M. H. Dunn
p 519-538
Effective Use of Partnerships to Assess a Mining-Impacted Watershed
B. Mack, J. B. Gutta
p 357-374
The GARD Guide and Its General Applicability to Mine Water Issues
R. L. Kleinmann, T. Chatwin
p 317-325
Challenges of Bond Release for Western U.S. Coal Mining
Bond Release Issues in the Western United States
J. Fleishman
p NA
North Dakota's Bond Release Verification Requirements
G. A. Welch
p 690
ND Industry's Perspective on Bond Release
J. K. Unruh
p 676
OSM's Role in Bond Release for Western Coal Mining
A. Boehms
p 61
Tracking Bond Release at a Large Wyoming Coal Mining Operation
A. Krzyszowska-Waitkus, C. Blake
p 338-351
How Much Bond Money Can I Get Back?: Determining the Applicable Bond Amount to Return During Bond Release
J. H. Binns
p 60
Bond Release in Montana; Past, Present and Future
E. Urban
p 677
Bond Release Issues on the Crow Reservation
A. Not Afraid
p 502
Promoting Innovative Reclamation and Bond Release in New Mexico
D. Clark
p 142
Hot Research Topics Addressing Bond Release at Surface Coal Mines in the Western United States
P. Stahl
p 610
Adaptive Native Grassland Establishment, Management and Field Sampling
K. Krabbenhoft
p 336
Bond Release Calculations at Wyoming Mines
S. Belden
p 59
Assessments Needed for Final Bond Release Other than Revegetation
J. Deutsch
p 184
Soils and Overburden / Ecology
Estimating Vegetation Cover Using Various GIS Techniques
M. Heil, A. Wagner, B. A. Buchanan
p 269-281
Estimating Canopy Cover Using Aerial Photography for a Mixed Conifer Zone, Northern, New Mexico
D. Inskeep, A. Wagner, B. A. Buchanan
p 306-315
Using Satellite Imagery to Characterize Locations, Ages and Woody Canopy Cover of Reclaimed Surface Mines in Appalachia, USA
S. Sen, C. E. Zipper, R. H. Wynne, P. F. Donovan, J. W. Coulston
p 567-590
Sustainable Mined Land Reclamation in the Eastern U.S. Coalfields: A Case for an Ecosystem Reclamation Approach
J. A. Burger
p 113-141
Upland Placement and Management of Acid-Forming Dredge Materials
A. F. Wick, W. L. Daniels, Z. W. Orndorff, C. H. Carter III
p 734-750
Determining Reclamation Potential for Steep Oil and Gas Sites in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
B. K. Schladweiler, D. M. Gardner
p 552-566
Forestry/Water Management/Land Use
Invasion of Non-Native Trees on Reclaimed Surface Mines of the Southern Cumberland Plateau
D. Lemke, C. Schweitzer, Y. Wang, D. Virone
p 355
Reforestation Guidelines for Unused Surface Mined Lands: Development, Application and Adoption
J. Burger, C. Zipper, P. Angel, D. Evans, S. Eggerud
p 90-112
Tree Response to Substrate and Grading Treatments on Quarry Overburden
V. De Lima, J. A. Franklin, D. S. Buckley
p 166-183
Woody Biomass Production on Post-Smcra Mined Lands Over Three Years and Comparisons with Other Studies
C. E. Zipper, D. M. Evans, J. A. Burger, C. W. Fields-Johnson, A. Brunner, B. Stanton
p 768-786
Effects of Wyoming Big Sagebrush Seeding Rate and Grass Competition on Long-Term Density and Canopy Volume of Big Sagebrush and Wildlife Habitat
L. E. Vicklund, G. E. Schuman, M. C. Mortenson
p 678-689
Passive Treatment Opportunities in a Drastically Disturbed Watershed: Reversing the Irreversible?
R. W. Nairn, J. A. LaBar, K. A. Strevett
p 450-468
Soils and Water Management
Cooperational Assessment of Mine Waste Rock for Remediation and Reuse
J. F. Wiley, J. O. Sharp, T. R. Wildeman, E. Rapp, D. Kielty, B. A. Scarbrough
p 751-765
Treatment of Antimony and Arsenic Within Mine Water from the Drumlummon Mine, Montana Using Titanium Dioxide Adsorption Media
K. S. Whiting, D. T. Klempel, R. J. Kimball
p 691-709
To Beijing and Back: A Midwestern's View of Chinese Mine Reclamation
R. G. Darmody
p 153-165
Poster Session
Soil Depth Relationship with Species Cover and Constancy in Reclamation
B. A. Buchanan, A. Wagner
p 89
Analysis of Remediation Strategies for Radionuclide-Contaminated Soils in Uranium Mining
L. Cox, P. Stahl
p 143-151
Soil Carbon Trends in Reconstructed Mine Soils to Herbaceous and Woody Vegetation Prescriptions in Southwest Virginia
N. G. Craig, B. D. Strahm, J. A. Burger, W. L. Nash, W. L. Daniels
p 152
Remedial Technologies for Mine Wastes - An ITRC Web Based Guidance
P. Eger, C. Baysinger, S. Hill, M. Sieczkowski
p 214
Plant-Soil Relations on Marine Dredge Material
M. A. Howren, A. F. Wick, P. Donovan, W. L. Daniels, C. H. Carter III
p 282
Recovery of Soil Nutrient Distribution and Microbial Community in a Post-Lignite Mining Rehabilitation Chronosequence in East Texas
J. P. Ng, T. J. Gentry, F. M. Hons
p 501
A Novel Approach to Reclamation of Steeply Dipping Mined Out Coal Seams of the North Eastern Coalfields, India: A Case Study
P. Kumar, A. Horel, A. N. Sahay
p 337
Determination of Dominant Metal Sequestration Processes in a Vertical Flow Cell Substrate
J. A. LaBar, R. W. Nairn
p 352
Coalbed Natural Gas Co-Produced Water and its Effects on Soil
K. J. Lilly
p 356
Switchgrass Potential on Reclaimed Surface Mines for Biofuel Production in West Virginia
M. Marra, J. Skousen, T. Keene
p 408
Potential Anionic Sorbent Use of Iron Oxides from Abandoned Mine Drainage Discharges
C. A. Neely, R. W. Nairn
p 469-500
Can Transpiration Rates Tell the Potentiality Oof Mine Reclamation Ground Cover?
E. Nurtjahya, J. A. Franklin
p 503
Native Plant Establishment Study Phase II
D. Stokes
p 611-616
Revegetation of a Boreal Gold Mine Tailings Pond
I. Young, J. Markham, S. Renault
p 767