Reclamation problems at high elevations

British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium

Reclamation problems at high elevations Milligan, A. W.; Berdusco, Roger Joseph

Abstract

Kaiser Resources Limited operates a 4 million ton per year surface coal mine in the southeastern corner of British Columbia. Since 1969, Kaiser's Environmental Services Department has been responsible for the rehabilitation of some 1400 acres of land disturbed by mining and exploration from valley bottom elevations of 3300 feet to steep mountain terrain at 6900 feet elevation. Some of the reclamation problems encountered, especially at elevations above 5000 feet, are very steep slopes, dark, highly erodible spoils and the availability of suitable revegetation species. The use of modified agricultural and forestry techniques has provided an encouraging degree of success in both establishment and maintenance of initial ground cover.

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Title	Reclamation problems at high elevations
Creator	Milligan, A. W.; Berdusco, Roger Joseph
Contributor	British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium; University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued	1977
Description	Kaiser Resources Limited operates a 4 million ton per year surface coal mine in the southeastern corner of British Columbia. Since 1969, Kaiser's Environmental Services Department has been responsible for the rehabilitation of some 1400 acres of land disturbed by mining and exploration from valley bottom elevations of 3300 feet to steep mountain terrain at 6900 feet elevation. Some of the reclamation problems encountered, especially at elevations above 5000 feet, are very steep slopes, dark, highly erodible spoils and the availability of suitable revegetation species. The use of modified agricultural and forestry techniques has provided an encouraging degree of success in both establishment and maintenance of initial ground cover.
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2010-01-26
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0041987
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/19142
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Other
Copyright Holder	British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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