42nd Annual Meeting
June 1st-5th
Butte, Montana
Plenary Session/Keynote Speakers
Dustin Wasley/Steve Dent
- President’s Welcome
Brenda Schladweiler
GOOD SAM & RECLAMATION
- Proof of Concept: The Good Samaritan Pilot Program
Jacob Dillon, Crowley Fleck
- Novel Hydrologic and Geochemical Baseline Assessments for Closure Planning at Golden Sunlight Mine, Montana
Tracie Jackson, Barrick Gold Corp
- Grizzly Gulch Placer Mine Reclamation
Joel Pemble, RESPEC
WHERE ARE THE FISH?
- Where are the Fish? Evolving Metal-Related Risks in an Ecosystem Impacted by a Century of Mining
Madison Foster, USGS
GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL
Heather Brighton, NewFields
Paige Ford, Quapaw Nation
- Introduction to Camp Guernsey (WY) ITAM - Rehabilitation vs. True Reclamation
Dustin J. Kafka, Wyoming Camp Guernsey Training Center
NORTH IDAHO’S NINEMILE BASIN
- 15 Years of Ninemile Basin Remediation Bunker Hill Superfund Site
Calen Busch, Maul Foster & Alongi Tony Wesche, Pioneer Technical Services Tausha Miller, CDM Smith
CLIMATE & RESILIENCY
Theresa Hughes, KC Harvey
- Using Statistical Models to Identify Drivers of Change
Simone Durney, RESPEC
- Creating Reclamation & Restoration Plans with an Emphasis on Establishing Terrestrial Food Webs
Michael F. Curran, Abnova Ecological Solutions
BIOCHAR
Adriana Dacres*, Ohio State University
- Using Wastewood Biochar as a Potential Soil Amendment: An Underground Greenhouse Study
Gavin Rahl*, Montana Tech
Amir Hass, West Virginia State University
ACID ROCK DRAINAGE
Chris Gammons, Montana Tech
Dean Gouramanis, Fluid Photonics Corp
Gary Icopini, Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
ALL THINGS PFAS
- PFAS Regulations and Methods Update for Environmental Professionals
Isaac Schmidt, Pace Analytical
Rune Lassen, KC Harvey
- How to Test PFAS in Complex Matrices
Sarah Choyke, Eurofins Environmental Testing
SILVER BOW CREEK
- Restoring and Revegetating a Floodplain Contaminated with Mine Waste near Butte, MT
Richard Prodgers, Bighorn Environmental Sciences
- Silver Bow Creek Greenway
Michael Browne, Pioneer Technical Services
- Ecosystem Service Monitoring at Silver Bow Creek Conservation Area
Molly McDermott, Ramboll Americas
Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions
TECHNOLOGY ROUNDUP 2
Bryce Hill, Montana Tech
Bryce Hill, Montana Tech
- Technology Technical Division Meeting
Kenton Sena
MINE CLOSURE & COVER DESIGN
- Chemical Compatibility of Lake Dredge for Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Borrow Material
Natalie Kruse Daniels, Ohio University
- Assessing Impacts of Engineered Soil Amendment and Erosion Control Materials on Mine Cover System Design and Implementation
Marc S. Theisen, Profile Products, LLC
- Geotechnical and Geophysics–Is there a Connection?
David J. Barrick*, Montana Tech
BUTTE AREA RECLAMATION
- Characterization of a Mining District Superfund Site Butte West Side Soils Operable Unit Remedial Investigation
Nicholas Anton, CDM Smith
- Transforming Butte: from the Parrott Tailings to a Resilience Hub
Stephen Coe, Water & Environmental Technologies
TECHNOLOGY ROUNDUP 1
- Understanding Seismic Imaging for Mine Reclamation: Insights and Innovations from Geophysical Investigations of Abandoned Mines
Lincoln Steele, Tetra Tech
Maria Pomeroy, Pioneer Technical Services
- Remote Sensing Methods to Identify Culverts Impairing Fish Passage
Natalie Kruse Daniels, Ohio University
MERCURY GEOCHEMISTRY
- Evaluation of Multiple Sediment Amendments at a MercuryContaminated Reservoir using Bench Top Microcosm Treatability Testing
Paul Ho, CDM Smith
- Assessing Methylmercury in Sediments at Varying Depths: A Case Study in Methylation Dynamics
Steve Dent, CDM Smith
Marc Beutel, University of California Merced
STREAM RESTORATION
German Banda, West Virginia State University
- Evaluating Urban Stream Restoration Success: Water Quality, Macroinvertebrate Surveys, and eDNA
Kenton L. Sena, University of Kentucky
- River and floodplain restoration on formerly mined lands
Tess Hanson, PE Inter-Fluve
FOREST RECLAMATION
Jennifer Franklin, University of Tennessee
Y.P. Chugh, Southern Illinois University
Meghan Blair, Barr Engineering
GEOCHEMISTRY
- Geochemical Considerations for Sulfate Seepage in Mine Closure
Jenna Adams & Donovan Gross | Haley & Aldrich and First Majestic Silver
- Biogeochemical Evaluation of a Coal Field Natural ARD Treatment System in Central Montana
Jenna Adams & Donovan Gross | Haley & Aldrich and First Majestic Silver
Scott Hensel, Haley & Aldrich
TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
Caleb Fontenot, Albemarle
- The Use of Hydrochar as an Amendment in Bioreactors for Acid Mine Drainage
Natalie Kruse Daniels, Ohio University
- The EBR: Biological Selenium Removal without Production of Troublesome Se Species and Complex Post-Treatment
Ola Opara, WesTech Engineering
SEEDING CERTIFICATION
- Wyoming AML Seeding Certification Class
Josh Oakleaf, WY AML Seth Cude, Rockwell Science Randy Walsh, Tetra Tech
REMOTE SENSING/GIS
- Using Remotely Sensed Imagery to Characterize the Historic Bentonite Mining Area Near Belle Fourche, South Dakota, to Develop an Ecological Restoration
Patrick Kozak, South Dakota School of Mines
- CDM Smith Sky Wave Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Technologies for Site Investigations and Monitoring
Devin Wilson, CDM Smith
- Use of Digital Technologies and GIS to Improve Reclamation Monitoring and Reporting
Zach Farmer*, Abnova Ecological Solutions
GEOMORPHIC RECLAMATION
- Geomorphic Reclamation of the Abandoned McIntosh Uranium Open Pit Mine
Harold Hutson, BRS
- Sustainable Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in Surface Coal Mines, USA Semi-Arid Environment
Anna Krzyszowska, Environmental Consulting
- North Culbertson Mine Reclamation: Historic Coal Mine Subsidence and Erosion Mitigation through Geomorphic Design, GPS MachineControlled Equipment, and Native Species Revegetation
Kyle L. Johnson, PE, Herrera Environmental Consultants
WETLANDS & WILLOWS
Emily Fox* and Dupe Oluwesesan*, Ohio University
Johannes Chandler*, Montana Tech
AMENDMENTS & BIOSOLIDS
- Effect of Organic and Inorganic Soil Amendments on Zinc and Lead Availability in Soils Affected by Historic Mining Activities
Chris Baxter, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
- Testing Soil Amendments to Reduce Lead Bioaccessibility at Bench- and Field-Scale
Molly McDermott, Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions
WYOMING RECLAMATION
Michael F. Curran, Abnova Ecological Solutions
- Final Pit Backfill and Spoil Regrade using a Dragline and Dozer
Allen Wellborn, Navajo Transitional Energy Company
WATERFOWL, ETC.
- Waterfowl Protection at the Berkeley Pit
Stella Capoccia, Montana Tech
Mark Mariano, Montana Wetlands and Waterfow
Mariam Al-Lami, Missouri University of Science and Technology
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
- Post-Wildfire Site Restoration in Steep Slope Terrain
Dale Evans, IDR
- High Resolution Stormwater Monitoring: Study Design, Outcomes, and Lessons Learned from Contrasting Three Hydrologic Studies in the Western United States
Joseph Gilbert, CDM Smith
APPALACHIAN RECLAMATION & RESTORATION
Eric Cavazza, Tetra Tech
Sara Klopf, Virginia Tech
- Soils Technical Division Meeting
Seth Cude
PASSIVE WATER TREATMENT
- Performance of a Passive Treatment System over 30 Years in Tennessee
Terry Schmidt, EARTHRES
MODELING
Andre van Coller, Digby Wells Environmental
- Reducing Design Uncertainty with Comparative Numerical Groundwater Modeling at a Former Smelter Site
Ross Monasmith, Pioneer Technical Services
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
- Turning Polluting Mine Wastes into Earth Materials - A Nature-Based Approach to Achieve Sustainable Ecological Rehabilitation
Longbin Huang, University of Queensland
- Assessment of Mining Activities Impacts on Ecosystem Services: A Case Study
Mao Zhen, School of Environment and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology
Dr. Peter Beckett, Laurentian University
WATER AML ISSUES
- Insights and Lessons Learned from Launching New Mine Land Reforestation Program
Kaela Walton-Sather, Cumberland River Compact
- Status of Abandoned Mine Lands Managed by the BLM Butte Field Office, Southwest Montana
Amanda Rossi, Bureau of Land Management
Dr. Gwen Geidel, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina
