 Alabama
Surface Coal Mining Commission. Strip and cluster
plantings of selected wildlife trees and habitat provide diversity,
which will be useful to a variety of indigenous wildlife species.
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 Coal
Combustion Products are produced from the combustion
of coal, the principal fuel source for today’s electric
energy needs. |
 Coal
Mining Reclamation. Most lands reclaimed after coal
mining are "invisible" - the land is returned to a
condition matching or improving its original use.
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 Pennsylvania
Dept. of Environmental Protection. An abandoned coal
mine reclamation project in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,
has restored state game lands and transformed environmental
and public safety hazards into a wildlife paradise.
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Post-Mining
Land Use Steve H. Dula, President and General
manager, Hobet Mining Inc., a subsidiary of Arch Coal of West
Virginia, presented a talk "A historic and operational
perspective of post-mining land use" to the Fall 2002 joint
meeting of the West Virginia coal Mining Institute and Central
Appalachian Section of the Society of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers. The talk described successful reclamation.
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 Reclamation
and Farming. In Illinois and other states, formerly
mined lands are successfully used for farming and livestock
grazing. Often yields from reclaimed lands are higher than undisturbed
land. |
 Reclamation
in the West. Coal producers have achieved notable
success in returning mined land to productive use. |
 Protecting
the Wildlife. Mining and wildlife can be compatible.
In North Dakota and other states, wildlife populations are higher
on reclaimed land than before the land was mined.
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 Surface
Mining Techniques. Three coal mining techniques are
pictured: mountain top mining, coal seam blasting, and dragline.
Descriptions about how these techniques work are shown. |
