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2016 Spokane, WA

33rd Annual Meeting
June 4-9, 2016
Spokane, Washington

Water Quality

  • Rock Disposal Area Seep Water Treatment At The Jerritt Canyon Mine
  • Presentation
K. Bertelsen, D. Johnston
  • A Paired Comparison Study To Evaluate The Effect Of Ionic Strength On Trace Metal Removal Products In A Vertical Flow Bioreactor Substrate
J. A. LaBar, R. W. Nairn
  • Got Aluminum? -Removing Suspended Metals With Peat Based Sorption Media
  • Presentation
P. Eger, P. Jones, D. Green

Long Term Reclamation Evaluation

  • Reclamation Of The McLaren Tailings Restoring Previously Unusable Area Back To Its Historical Landscape
  • Presentation
  • Recording
M. Bennett, T. Henderson
  • Survival And Growth Of Chestnut Backcross Seeds And Seedlings After 8 Years On Surface Mines
  • Presentation
  • Recording
J. Skousen, T. Cook, K. Dallaire, S. Scagline, A. Monteleone, L. Wilson-Kokes, J. Joyce, T. Keene, C. DeLong, E. Pena-Yewtukhiw
  • Effects Of Topsoil Substitute Materials, Depth Of Material, And Compaction On The Average Growth Rates Of Hardwood Trees Eleven Years After Reclamation
  • Presentation
  • Recording
K. Dallaire, J. Skousen

Reclamation Approaches

R. T. Franzman, N. J. Wojcik
J. Gusek, L. Josselyn, H. Sauer, J. Razafindramanana
  • The Use Of Soil Sampling And Investigations To Improve Reclamation Costs
  • Presentation
J. Hartsig, A. Dejoia, D. Buckalew

Water Quality

K. E. Dieterman, C. L. Kairies-Beatty, P. Eger
  • Passive And Active Treatment Of Arsenic And Antimony At A Remote Abandoned Mine Site In Idaho
  • Presentation
K. Minchow, T. Rutkowski, J. Pepe
  • Green Remediation Of Acid Mine Drainage Impacted Water: A Field-Scale Filter Development Using An Industrial Byproduct
  • Presentation
  • Recording
A. RoyChowdhury, D. Sarkar, Y. Deng, R. Datta

Long Term Reclamation Evaluation

P. LeMieux
  • Environmental Control Of Shrub Density Development At The Seneca Ii Mine, 1987-2014, Routt Co. Co
  • Presentation
  • Recording
V. R. Pfannenstiel, D. L. Buckner
D. L. Buckner

Reclamation Technologies

  • The Potential Of Biosolids And Other Amendments For Revegetation Of Lead/ Zinc Mine Tailings With Three Biomass Crops: Greenhouse Study
  • Presentation
M. Al-Lami, J. Burken
  • Looking At Reclamation In Terms Of Ecological Restoration
  • Presentation
M. J. Vice
  • The Holistic Approach To The Design, Monitoring, And Future Performance Assessment Of A Surface Barrier
  • Presentation
Z. F. Zhang, M. D. Freshley, D. M. Wellman, M. D. White, M. J. Truex

Water Quality

W. L. Daniels, Z. W. Orndorff, C. E. Zipper, J. Skousen, C. Barton, M. Beck
J. Gusek, L. Josselyn, C. McCormack, D. Jenkins, J. Larsen
  • Determination Of Hydraulic Retention Time For Passive Treatment System Oxidation Unit Using Rhodamine
  • Presentation
  • Recording
L. Oxenford, R. Nairn

Long Term Reclamation Evaluation

  • Revegetation Trends And Seeding Lessons At Two Montana Coal Mines Based On 20 Years Of Monitoring
  • Presentation
R. A. Prodgers
  • Reclamation Practice Influences On The Post-Mining Plant Community At A Virginia Mine Site After Six Years
  • Presentation
C. E. Zipper, S. K. Klopf, D. M. Evans, R. J. Krenz, J. A. Burger
  • Long-Term Study Identifies Avenues For Improving Revegetation Efforts
  • Presentation
M. J. Rinella, E. K. Espeland

Reclamation Technologies With BOMAG

  • Deep Till Method In-Situ Soil Reclamation With A BOMAG Recycler
  • Presentation
E. Waterman, R. Anderson, A. Sanchez, T. Howes
  • Composite Sampling - Pre In-Situ Soil Reclamation With A BOMAG Recycler
M. Meadows, S. T. Nelson, R. Anderson, A. Sanchez, E. Waterman, T. Howes, B. Slade, S. T. Nelson
  • Post In-Situ Soil Reclamation With A BOMAG Recycler
M. Williams, G. Gardner, S. T. Nelson, E. Waterman

Water Quality

  • Treatment System Restoration And Power Generation In The Slippery Rock Creek Watershed
  • Presentation
R. M. Mahony, D. A. Guy, C. F. Denholm, T. P. Danehy, C. A. Neely, S. L. Busler, M. H. Dunn
C. A. Neely, T. P. Danehy, R. M. Mahony, D. A. Guy, S. L. Busler, C. F. Denholm, M. H. Dunn, D. Petry, and N. Revetta
J. L. Parks, G. Boardman, K. Gunther, C. Grey, S. Cox

Long Term Reclamation Evaluation

  • Switchgrass Bioenergy as Silvopasture on Reclaimed Mine Soil
  • Presentation
D. Lang, J. Duckworth, V. Temu
  • Mineral Sands Mine Soils In Southeastern Virginia: Comparison Of Physical And Chemical Properties After Eight Years
  • Presentation
Z. W. Orndorff, W. L Daniels
  • Natural Processes For The Restoration Of Drastically Disturbed Sites
  • Presentation
D. F. Polster

Mapping/GIS

  • Ecological Problems In Kazreti, Georgia, Caused By Copper And Gold Mine And Its Reclamation Using GIS Systems
  • Presentation
M. Avkopashvili, T. Hartshorn
  • Blending Historic Mapping With Lidar At Abandoned Mine Sites
  • Presentation
C. Coover

Water Quality

  • Comprehensive Watershed Restoration Via Ecological Engineering: The Role Of Passive Treatment
  • Presentation
R. W. Nairn
  • TDS Accumulation In An Ohio Creek As It Travels Through A Coal Mining Site
  • Presentation
J. Peterson
  • A Review Of The Literature Pertaining To Passive And Hybrid Treatment Systems For Removal Of TDS From Mining Impacted Waters
  • Presentation
S. S. Cox, G. D. Boardman, Z. E. Kemak, J. L. Parks, C. Grey, K. Gunther

Long Term Reclamation Evaluation

  • Montana Moonscapes: Mitigating Large-Scale Erosion On Steep Slope Uplands In Roadless Areas Of The Anaconda Superfund Site
P. Marques
  • Evaluating The Suitability Of A Reforestation Growth-Medium Prepared By Tractor Pulled Scraper Pans At An East Texas Lignite Surface Mine
  • Presentation
H. Z. Angel, H. M. Williams, J. P. Stovall
  • Underground Mine Subsidence Evaluation, Closure, And Risk Management
T. G. Wilson

Drones And UAV'S

  • UAs (Drones) De-Mystified, And How They Can Help Your Mining Reclamation Project
J. Schane, T. Mullen
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) - What We Learned in our First Year as a Commercial Operator
  • Presentation
M. R. Donner, D. C. Mummert

Water Quality

  • Biochemical Reactors For Hard Rock Mining-Influenced Water: Overview Of Treatability Studies And Lessons Learned For Implementation
  • Presentation
  • Recording
N. R. Anton, N. T. Smith, A. K. Frandsen, K. Saller, D. J. Reisman, R. L. Olsen
  • Long-Term Effectiveness Of Three Passive Systems Treating Acidic, High-Metal, Abandoned Coal Mine Discharges Near De Sale, Pennsylvania
  • Presentation
  • Recording
C. F. Denholm, T. P. Danehy, M. H. Dunn, S. L. Busler, C. A. Neely, R. M. Mahony, D. A. Guy
  • Proof of Concept AMD Passive Bioremediation At An Abandoned Mine, Idaho
  • Presentation
D. Jenkins, D. Stevens, H. Trejo, J. Gusek, J. Larsen
  • Unexpected Relationships between Methylmercury Enrichment in Fresh Waterbodies and Food-Web Uptake
  • Presentation
  • Recording
S. R. Dent, A. Greazel, E. Blischke, J. Hillenbrand

Reclamation In Challenging Environments

  • The Spenceville Copper Mine Reclamation
W. J. Walker
  • Rethinking Arsenic Reclamation Of A "Hellafund" Site, Montana
S. Robinson, T. Hartshorn, T. McDermott
  • Restoration In Challenging Northern Climates
A. Zimmerman
  • Interstate-Callahan Upper and Lower Rock Dumps Remedial Action Construction Project
  • Presentation
T. Wesche

International Reclamation

  • Succession Of Algae, Moss, And Herbaceous Flora During 29 Years In Prairie Opencast Coal Mine, Inner Mongolia, China
X. Fan, Z. K. Bai, P. Y. Sun
  • Patches: Optimizing The Ecological Benefits Of Different Reclamation Soils Across The Landscape In The Alberta Mineable Oil Sands Region
  • Presentation
  • Recording
B. Pinno, I. Sherr
  • Revegetation of Jharia Coalfield Using Remote Sensing, Based On Thermal Infra-Red Data: A Case Study
P. Kumar, A. Horel

Ecological Implications Of Reclamation

  • Surface Mine To Biomass Farm: Growing Shrub Willows (Salix Spp.) In Northeastern West Virginia - First Year Results
  • Presentation
B. Caterino, J. Schuler, S. Grushecky, J. Skousen
  • Compaction Impacting Hydrology And Tree Growth On A Demonstration Mine In The Western Gulf
  • Presentation
C. L. Comer, J. P. Stovall, M. W. McBroom, H. M. Williams, Y. Zhang
  • The Effectiveness Of Native Seed Dispersal Islands In Reclaimed Mine Lands Dominated By Eurasian Grasses
  • Presentation
  • Recording
R. W. Pal, K. Douglass, M. Mariano, K. Weilage

AML Case Studies

L. J. Ballek, K. Houck, D. Clary
C. J. Lechleitner, D. Meyer
R. M. Tobias

International Reclamation

Z. Hu
  • Effects Of Landscape Transitions Due To Underground Coal Mining On Ecosystem Services In High Groundwater Table And Underground Coal Mining Area: A Case Study Of Yanzhou Coalfield
W. Xiao
  • Integrated Approaches Of Water And Solid Waste Management In Mining Reclamation Of Coimolache Mining Company-Peru
  • Presentation
  • Recording
R. Huancaya, A. Sagástegui, D. Sánchez, J. Gabriel, E. Meza, A. Fernández, C. Quinto

Revegetation Challenges

  • Improved Methods Of Assessing Plant Species Diversity On Mine Reclamation Sites: A 10-Year Update
  • Presentation
D. L. Buckner
A. Monteleone, J. Skousen, L. McDonald, J. Shuler, J. Pomp, M. French, R. Williams
  • Ripping And Native Seeding Treatments Influence On Vegetation Composition Of Compacted Tailings
  • Presentation
J. A. Franklin, M. Aldrovandi

Heavy Metals Characterization And Remediation

  • Acid Soil Remediation And Revegetation Of Metal Contaminated Pastures, Deer Lodge, Montana
  • Recording
S. R. Jennings, T. Parker
  • Update To Tribal-Led Remedial Action At The Tar Creek Superfund Site
  • Recording
T. Kent, C. Kreman
  • Reducing Fresh Water Consumption in Hydraulic Fracturing By Using Acid Mine Drainage As A Make-Up Fluid
  • Presentation
E. E. Cavazza, R. L. Beam, M. P. Cavazza

Mine Closure And Reclamation

Y. Johnson, J. Wyant, R. Feiden, A. Gitlin
  • True North Mine Reclamation Project
M. Huffington
M. S. Theisen

Restoration And Revegetation

D. Jenkins, D. Stevens, H. Trejo, A. Campbell
S. Firor
  • Advanced Planning And Measurable Outcomes: Restoration Success In Southern Colorado
  • Presentation
D. R. Chenoweth, J. W. Schneider
  • Passive Biological Treatment Approaches To Reduce Conductivity In Waters Affected By Mine Drainage: Key Challenges & Research Needs
  • Presentation
P. M. Smyntek, R. C. Wagner, S. Carvajal-Sanchez, T. M. Wynn-Thompson, L. H. Krometis, W. H. J. Strosnider

Reclamation In Challenging Environments

  • Streamlining The Reclamation Monitoring and Reporting Process: A Digital Reclamation Monitoring Tool
N. J. Wojcik, P. J. Gordon, R. T. Franzman, D. R. Reinhart
  • Monitoring The Behavior Of Sludge In The Vadose Zone
M. Coleman, K. E. Butler
  • Coal Mine Reclamation Costs And Local Economic Impacts In The Powder River Basin In Wyoming
A, Perry, K. Hansen, R. Coupal
  • Developing A Conceptual Site Model In A Watershed With Multiple Mine Waste Dumps, Bunker Hill Superfund Site, East Fork Ninemile Basin
E. Naylor, A. Hughes, T. Mullen, Christina Johnson
  • Heavy Metal Characterization And Source Identification For Grove Gulch In Butte, Mt
R. M. Nagisetty, G. Craig, W. Drury

Treatment And Wetlands

  • The Relationship Between Student Service Learning And Technical Assistance In Mine Water Reclamation
  • Presentation
  • Recording
K. J. Palmer, J. S. Vinglish, M. A. Reckner, W. H. J. Strosnider
T. P. Danehy, K. J. Palmer, R. M. Mahony, C. A. Neely, D. A. Guy, C. F. Denholm, M. H. Dunn, B. R. Leavitt
  • Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage using a Sulfatereducing Bioreactor at the Tab-Simco Passive Treatment System - An Update
  • Presentation
  • Recording
P. T. Behum, A. Mick, K. Pankey, L. Lefticariu
S. L. Busler, Y. Sheykhet, D. A. Guy, T. P. Danehy, R. M. Mahony, C. F. Denholm, C. A. Neely, M. H. Dunn