34th Annual Meeting
April 9-13, 2017
Morgantown, West Virginia
2017 Joint Conference of the West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force, American Society for Mining and Reclamation (ASMR), Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI)
AMD
B. Riley, D. B. J. Ceslovnik
- A Geochemical Kinetics Module for AMDTreat to Estimate the Effects of Aeration on Rates of Decarbonation and Iron Oxidation
- Presentation
C. A. Cravotta III, B. Means, B. Arthur
J. Hayden, J. Oliver
K. Banerjee, H. Kronebusch, S. Muddasani
- A Case Study Evaluating Effluent Quality Following Chemical and Electrochemical Precipitation for Metals Removal from Acid Mine Drainage Water
- Presentation
B. J. Lesikar, D. J. Kovalcik, C. J. Villela
J. A. LaBar, R. W. Nairn
J. Gusek, L. Josselyn, E. Wolaver
- Challenges of Designing and Building a Passive Treatment System with Limited Topography, Hydraulic Head, and Available Land Area
- Presentation
R. W. Nairn, T. Danehy, C. Neely, R. Dutnell, B. Page, N. Shepherd, D. Cates, B. Stanila
- Seasonal Storm-induced Metal Transport Dynamics Between Oxidative Passive Treatment Cells
- Presentation
L. R. Oxenford, R. W. Nairn
- A Field Demonstration of an Alternative Coal Waste Disposal Technology - Geochemical Findings
- Presentation
P. T. Behum, L. Lefticariu, Y. P. Chugh
- Sulfate Removal in Biochemical Reactors and Scrubbers Treating Neutral Low-Metal Concentration Mine Influenced Water (MIW)
- Presentation
G. Fattore, J. Gusek, T. Clark, L. Josselyn
R. C. Thomas, J. S. Bays
Water Related
Z. I. Martin, N. Kruse
- Hydrological and Geophysical Methods to Investigate Streamflow Losses and Restoration Strategies in Abandoned Mine Lands of Schuylkill River Watershed, Pennsylvania, USA, 2012-2015
- Presentation
C. A. Cravotta, L. Sherrod, D. G. Galeone, W. G. Lehman, T. E. Ackman, A. Kramer
W. L. Daniels, G. R. Whittecar, T. Thompson, Z. Agioutantis, S. Stone
- Assessing How Hydrologic Isolation of Coal Mine Spoils Affects Streamflow Mechanisms and Water Chemistry Using Open Source Wireless Technology
- Presentation
S. G. Fulton, J. Dowd, A. Thompson, C. R. Jackson
- Seasonal Recovery of an Appalachian Stream Affected by Acid Mine Drainage and Municipal Waste Water
- Presentation
M. Whited, J. Gaughan, S. Rensel, J. Hugo, W. H. J. Strosnidier, P. M. Smyntek
D. K. Johnson, W. L. Daniels, C. E. Zipper
- Relationship Between Aqueous and Sediment Chemistry and Biological Recovery Across a Gradient of Acid Mine Drainage Impairment
- Presentation
N. A. Kruse, S. Damdinbal, D. L. Lopez
- Water Quality and Biotic Condition in Mining-influenced Appalachian Headwater Streams: An Overview of a Long-term Study
- Presentation
S. H. Schoenholtz, E. A. Boehme, D. Drover, R. A. Pence, D. J. Soucek, A. J. Timpano, R. V. Vorste, K. M. Whitmore, C. E. Zipper
M. L. Shema, J. M. Silvis, M. R. Haibach
K. M. Whitmore, S. H. Schoenholtz, C. E. Zipper, D. J. Soucek
- Water Quality and Freshwater Mussel Status in Mining-Influenced Virginia-Tennessee Rivers
- Presentation
C. E. Zipper, B. Beaty, J. W. Jones, C. Lott, R. Stewart
- Groundwater Modeling Used to Design of a Tailings Impoundment Removal near Yellowstone National Park
- Presentation
T. H. Henderson, M. W. Borduin
E. Perry, T. Gray, H. Trexler, S. Poborsky
N. D. Pointon, J. Felbinger
Forestry, Wildlife
- Upland Forest Development in a Reconstructed Watershed After Oil Sands Mining in Northern Alberta, Canada
- Presentation
B. Pinno, F. Leishman, R. Errington, M. Merlin, S. Landhu00E4usser
B. Caterino, J. Schuler, S. Grushecky, J. Skousen
H. Z. Angel, H. M. Williams, J. P. Stovall
A. Monteleone, J. Skousen, L. McDonald, J. Shuler, R. Williams
A. Hass, R. S. Zalesny Jr., D. Patel
- Growth Rates of Hardwood Trees Nine Years after Reclamation in Response to Substrates and Amendments
- Presentation
K. Dallaire, L. Wilson-Kokes, P. Emerson, C. Delong, C. Thomas, J. Skousen
P. J. Boleman, R. M. Swab
- Regeneration Dynamics of Seedling Origin Aspen: Working Towards Resiliency in Forest Restoration
- Presentation
C. M. King, S. M. Landhäusser
M. C. Tyree, J. Larkin, S. Eggerud, P. Angel, M. French
- Effect of Grading on Productivity of High-Value Tree Species in Appalachian Surface Mines
- Presentation
W. T. Dement, J. M. Lhotka, C. D. Barton, J. W. Stringer
- Loblolly Pine Survival and Growth on a Reclaimed Mineral Sands Mine in Southeastern Virginia
S. Klopf
C. Barton, S. Jones, S. Eggerud, T. Kuntz, A. Branduzzi, P. Angel
Reclamation
S. T. Grushecky, L. McDonald
- Effects of Alternative Liming Strategies on Leachate Quality and Soil Morphology of Acid-Forming Dredge Materials
- Presentation
Z. Orndorff, W. L. Daniels, S. Klopf, A. Wick
- Pollution Loading Tracking to Characterize Success of an Anoxic Limestone Drain Installation on Lambert's Run, Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Presentation
H. E. Patton, L. G. Mignogna, K. Tomkowski, J. Vinglish, K. J. Palmer, M. C. Whited, M. Crittenden, G. Shustrick, W. H. J. Strosnider
P. A. Giri, B. Tracy, G. A. Olyphant
Z. F. Zhang, D. M. Wellman
A. P. Jacobs, P. D. Stahl
M. Coleman, K. D. Phinney
C. M. Neculita, T. V. Rakotonimaro, B. Bussière, T. Genty, G. J. Zagury
- Native Vegetation in Reclamation: Improving Habitat and Ecosystem Function Through Using Prairie Species in Mine Land Reclamation
- Presentation
R. M. Swab, N. Lorenz, S. Byrd, R. Dick
- Yields and Ethanol Production Potential of Switchgrass and Miscanthus on Reclaimed Mine Lands
- Presentation
S. Scagline, J. Skousen, T. Griggs
P. J. Dugan, D. M. Hartsough, H. Schuster
G. R. Watzlaf, R. S. Hedin, B. C. Hedin, K. Kaiser, R. L. Beam
- Reclamation of Refuse Piles using Fluidized Bed Combustion Ash in the Blacklick Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania
- Presentation
R. Martin, G. L. Aaron, G. Greenfield
R. S. Hedin, B. C. Hedin
Other, Social, Imaging, Economics
K. B. Walsh, J. H. Haggerty
D. T. Eyde, D. A. Baker
D. Wagner, D. Thomas, E. Fuller, D. Hedge
- Georeferencing of American Society of Mining and Reclamation Proceedings: A New Tool and Patterns in Reclamation Research
- Presentation
A. Rovder, Z. Shoff, D. Madl, S. Wolfe, S. Long, W. Strosnider, P. Smyntek
- Detecting the Presence of Coal Mining Impacts by Predicting Acid Mine Drainage Impacted Streams Using Aerial Imagery
- Presentation
J. R. Bowman, S. C. Porter, S. A. Miller
L. C. Hopkinson, J. D. Quaranta, J. Hause, J. Lorimer, R. Park, I. Santos
- Subsidence Wetland Formation and Transition in the High Ground Water Table Coal Mining Areas
- Presentation
Y. H. Fu, Z. Q. Hu, X. M. Dong, Q. Y. Wang, W. Xiao
W. L. Daniels, S. Carpenter
K. J. Green, M. H. Whited, W. H. J. Strosnider
- Development of a Low-cost Remote Water Quality Monitoring System in Acid Mine Drainage Impaired Watersheds
- Presentation
N. A. Kruse, G. G. Ogallo, H. Kruse
Posters
H. Z. Angel, J. S. Priest, J. P. Stovall, B. P. Oswald, Y. Weng, H. M. Williams
J. Buss, K. Stratechuk, B. Pinno
M. Whited, J. Gaughan, S. Rensel, J. Hugo, W. H. J. Strosnider, P. M. Smyntek
B. K. Holzbauer-Schweitzer, R. W. Nairn
S. Long, W. Strosnider, J. Eckenrode
R. K. McGrail, L. M. McDonald
J. Serafin, L. Cox
A. Pennino, K. Fleisher, K. Vaughan, K. Hufford, T. Kelleners, J. Norton, P. Stahl, C. Strom
A. L. Sikora, R. W. Nairn
C. Spellman, D. Madl, A. Rose, E. Zovinka, J. Bandstra, W. Strosnider
M. P. Strager, P. Kinder, J. A. Kimmet, A. Hentz
G. R. Watzlaf, R. S. Hedin, B. C. Hedin
H. E. Patton, L. G. Mignogna, K. Tomkowski, J. Vinglish, K. J. Palmer, M. C. Whited, M. Crittenden, G. Shustrick, W. H. J. Strosnider
B. Pinno, A. Schoonmaker, R. Albricht