2022 Duluth, MN

39th Annual Meeting
June 12-16, 2022
Duluth, Minnesota

Plenary

Welcome

Mehgan Blair, Conference Chair

President’s Welcome and Keynote Address

Tim Danehy, ASRS President

Welcome & Announcements

Robert Darmody, ASRS Executive Director

Mineland Reclamation on Minnesota’s Iron Range: Five Generations of Innovation

Pete Kero, Vice President, Barr Engineering Company

Remediation, Restoration, and Revitalization in the St. Louis River Area of Concern

Melissa Sjolund, MN Department of Natural Resources St. Louis River Restoration Initiative

SER’s International Principles & Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration

Chris Lenhart, Society for Ecological Restoration Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter

Treatment Wastes

Assessing Fate and Potential Reuse of Hard Rock Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Residual Solids

Justine McCann

Determination and Prediction of Rare Earth Element Geochemical Associations in Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Wastes

Benjamin Hedin

Brandy Stewart

Vegetation: Developing Techniques

Brian Baldwin

Development of Locally Adapted Native Germplasms for Commercial Use

Anthony Falk

Rob Cook

Brad Pinno

Apsana Kafle

Planning, Implementation, and Analysis of Success in Revegetating Lignite Mines in Texas

Jeremiah McKinney

Soils and Spoils

Jeff Skousen

Amir Hass

Scram Tailings Mineland Reclamation 3-Year Case Study and Recommendations

Allyz Kramer

Short and Long-Term Groundwater Impacts Associated with the Reclamation of Acid Water Seeping Historical Tailings in the Central and West Rand Basins, South Africa

Robel Gebrekristos

Field Testing of Geomorphic Landform Design Features in Central Appalachia

Iuri Lira Santos

Kevin Krogstad

Reclamation Regulations

Enforcement of Surface Coal Mine Rules and Regulations, Case Study (Wyoming, USA)

Anna Waitkus

Development of International (ISO) Standards for Mine Reclamation

Lee Daniels

Peter Werner

Watershed Characterization and Restoration

Natalie Kruse Daniels

Jonathan Viti

Evaluating the Water Quantity and Quality of Mine Drainage Discharges in a Hydrologically and Topographically Challenging Location

Nick Shepherd

Spatial Variations in Trace Metal Concentrations in Stream and Reservoir Sediments Downstream of the Tri-State Mining District, USA

Carlton Folz

Evaluating Sources, Mass Loadings, and Fate of Total and Dissolved Metals to Prioritize Restoration in a Mining-Impacted Watershed

Robert Nairn

Amir Hass

Partnerships in Reclamation

Terry Toy

Lee Daniels

Sarah Flath

Abbey Wick

Kenton Sena

Partnerships in Reclamation

Abbey Wick

Reforestation

Forest Restoration on the Exposed Sediments Along the Elwha River: Assessing Riverbank Lupine's (Lupinus rivularis) Influence on Conifer Growth, Vegetation, and Mycorrhizal Fungi

Jenise Bauman

Christopher Barton

Jennifer Franklin

Reclamation Innovations

James Gusek

Benjamin Quardey

Paul Eger

Ola Opara

Brandy Stewart

Opportunities for Carbon Sequestration in Mined Materials

Joel Bandstra

Eric Cavazza

Teaching in Reclamation

Brad Pinno and Kenton Sena

Jennifer Franklin

Jeff Skousen

Natalie Kruse Daniels

Eighteen Years of Natural Infrastructure Research Partnerships Through the Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds at the University of Oklahoma

Robert Nairn

Apsana Kafle

Keana Trudel

Advancements in Reclamation Technologies

Characterizing Subsurface Heterogeneity on Gold Post-Mining Sites

Adegbite Adesipo

Peat Mine Restoration, New Monitoring Technologies, and 7 Years of Progress at the Superior Wetland Bank

Natalie White

Brandon Holzbauer-Schweitzer

Prioritization of Site Selection for Subsidence Mitigation of Abandoned Mine Lands Using GIS and Attribute Criteria Hierarchy

Harry Plendl

Implementation of an Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) for Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project Data Collection and Efficiency of Client Reporting

Harry Plendl

Michael Curran

Remote Sensing and Benefits for Abandoned Mine Subsidence Investigation and Mitigation

Ike Isaacson

Passive Treatment: Past, Present, Future

Jeff Skousen

Charles Spellman

The Use of Solar-Powered Float Mix Aerators to Increase Iron Retention in Topographically Limited Passive Treatment Oxidation Ponds

Dayton Dorman

Robert Hedin

Tim Danehy

Shaun Busler

Better Living Through Design and Construction

Abandoned Coal Mine Mitigation in High Pressure Artesian Conditions

Josh Zimmermann

Design and Construction of Barrier Berms Using Innovative Reclamation Techniques to Benefit Mineland Operational Safety and Community Viewshed

Joel Asp

Techniques and Challenges for Material Stabilization Within Historically Mitigated Underground Abandoned Coal Mines

Joel James

Harold Hutson

Dale Kolstad

Rich Sivils

Soil Health: Impact on Vegetation

Marsha Patelke

Jarrett Lardy

Annalie Peterson

Gwen Geidel

Jeff Skousen

Superfund Remediation at Tar Creek

Summer King

Poster

The Use of Agricultural Waste to Remove Heavy Metals from Mine Water

Edward Abbiw and Natalie Kruse Daniels

Particle Tracking Velocimetry Employing Aerial Thermography

Peter Assaf, Jenna Beitel, Marlena Jacobs, and Br. Marius Strom

High School Students are the Next Generation of Environmental Stewards and Can Play a Part in Mine Reclamation Projects

Mason Beiswenger, James Eckenrode, Ben Roman, Rachel Wagner, and Travis Tasker

Determining the Effect of Mine Drainage Residuals on Phosphorus Sequestration and Rye Grass Yield

Mathew Berzonsky, James Eckenrode, Robert Hedin, William Strosnider, and Travis Tasker

Treating Mine Drainage in Batch Using BOLTS (Batch Operating Limestone Treatment System) Limestone Beds Can Lower Treatment Costs

Griffin Burt, Jared Oakes, Tim Danehy, Buck Neely, Cliff Denholm, William Strosnider, Julie LaBar, James Eckenrode, and Travis Tasker

Treating Mine Drainage in the Middle of a City Where Space is Limited

Ashlyn Campagna, James Eckenrode, and Travis Tasker

Excel Macro for Continuous Instream Monitor (CIM) Data Correction

Rachel Gibson, James Eckenrode, Travis Tasker, and Joel Bandstra

Low-Cost Pressure Sensor for Quantifying Flowrates from Mine Discharges

Thomas Hockensmith, Br. Marius Strom, James Eckenrode, and Travis Tasker

Hydrology and Agricultural Sediment Pollution in the Bloody Run Swamp of Ohio

Kehinde Ositimehin and Natalie Kruse Daniels

BOD and Phosphate Removal Rates of Wastewater Co-Treated with Acid-Mine Drainage

Victoria LaRosa, Benjamín Roman, B. Roman, C.D. Spellman Jr., T. Tasker, W.H.J. Strosnider, and J.E. Goodwill

Overcoming Matrix Effects in Acid Mine Drainage Samples Analyzed for Metal Concentrations with ICP-OES

Kevin Rowland, James Eckenrode, and Travis Tasker

Coarse Woody Debris as a Reclamation Amendment in the Athabasca Oil Sands

Keana Trudel and B. Pinno

Novel Biogeochemical Approach for Removing Nutrients from Eutrophic Retention Ponds

L. McKercher, T.L. Messer, A.R. Mittelstet, and S.D. Comfort

Avenues for Indigenous Influence of Oil Sands Reclamation

Skylar L. Lipman and John R. Parkins

Video

Is it Really Irreversible? Using Natural Infrastructure to Remediate and Restore Degraded Landscapes

Alissa Meek with David Wilcox, Nick Shepherd, M’Kenzie Dorman, Justine McCann, Peter Wolbach, Cheyenne Morgan, Olivia Overton, Steinar Dahle, and Robert W. Nairn

Two Bull Channel Restoration - Usibelli Coal Mine, Alaska

Richard Sivils

Restoring Legacy Mined Lands in Appalachia

Ed Akselrud with Michael French and Anna Branduzzi – One Tree Planted

Mine Subsidence with Structural Home Damage in PA

Eric E. Cavazza – PA Department of Environmental Protection

Reclaimed: The Redhead Story

Pete Kero - MN Department of Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation