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Summary, Recommendations and the Future of Reclaiming Surface Mines for Fish and Wildlife

Categories: Mining, Freshwater Ecology
Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

John Cairns, Jr. Center for Environmental Studies Virginia Polytechinic Inistitute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Knowledge graph centered on Summary, Recommendations and the Future of Reclaim with 41 nodes and 80 connections. Top connected: not mentioned, Atriplex canescens, small mammals, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, native species.

Stakeholders (4)

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United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceArmy Corps of EngineersVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityUniversity of Michigan

Places (26)

United Statesgreat plainsMichiganKentuckyeast TennesseeBreathitt CountyWise CountyNew River
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Big South Fork of the Cumberland Rivereastern KentuckyObed River minenorthern West VirginiaThamesUniversity of Michigan Biological StationPellstonVirginiaWest VirginiaLondonMorgantownCentral FloridaBlacksburgAppalachiasouthern IllinoisYoughiogheny RiverShavers ForkQuicksand Watershed

Concepts & Topics (18)

vegetation community compositionecological successionwater quality standardswater quality standardsvisual ecologyfungal colonizationhabitat restorationacid mine drainage
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long-term ecological studiesecological consequencesstream restorationaquatic entomologyremote sensing observationsscientific researchtailing reclamationregional planningopen pit miningabandoned underground mines

Species (32)

not mentionedAtriplex canescenssmall mammalsnative speciesbenthic invertebratesfish and wildlifeOncorhynchus mykissOncorhynchus mykiss gairdnerii
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Rainbow TroutWaterfowlfish populationsPinus taedafish speciesaquatic lifeMicropterus salmoideslargemouth bassbobwhite quailalfalfagrass and legumesmarbled salamanderlocustbirchashoakPinus virginianaPinus rigidamaplegrouseautumn olivehybrid poplarshybrid larchescoastal Bermuda

External References Cited (5)

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other (3)

  • The emergence of ecology as a new integrative discipline (1977) — Odum, E. P
  • Problems in performing environmental assessments (1975) — Dickson, K. L., D. W. Kern, W. F. Ruska, dr., and J. Cairns, Jr
  • Preliminary Environmental Analysis of the Burnsville, Leading Creek, and West Fork Lakes Project (1974) — Cairns, J., Jr., and K. L. Dickson, eds

legislation (1)

  • restrictive surface mining regulations (1971)

report (1)

  • Surface Mining and Fish/Wildlife Needs in Eastern United States. Proceedings of a Symposium (1978) — D. E. Samuel, J. R. Stauffer, C. H. Hocutt, and W. T. Mason, Jr.

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