1987 Billings, MT

4th Annual Meeting
March 17-19, 1987
Billings, Montana

Table of Contents

Technical Review

Overburden Chemistry: A Review and Update

D. Boon, F. Munshower, S. Fisher
p 1-18

Reclamation for Row Crop Production After Surface Mining, State of the Art

I. Jansen, R. Dunker
p 19-26

Geomorphic Principles, Stability and Reclamation Planning

T. Toy, C. Watson, D. Gregory, S. Parsons
p 27-56

Problems in Reclamation Bonding in the United States

S. Ardison
p 57-58

Revegetation Success Standards- Real Progress or Moving Target?

T. Colbert
p 59-60

Management of Reclaimed Lands

Managing Reclaimed Soils in the Corn Belt

S. Henning, R. Pope, R. Hansen
p 61-66

Watershed Management on Reclaimed Landscapes

B. Van Haveren
p 67-72

Reclaimed Land: Forest and Woodland Management

D. Graves, W. Davidson
p 73-74

Advances in Reclamation Technology

Environmental Training to Maintain Regulatory Compliance at a Surface Coal Mine

J. Friedlander
p 75-78

Identification of a New Rock Characteristic for Economic Selection of Disposal Sites for Toxic/Hazardous Mine Waste

S. Dutta, D. Menzie, R. Shadizadeh
p 79-90

Determination of Approximate Original Contour

D. Gregory, R. Mills, C. Watson
p 95-100

The Use of an Electromagnetic Induction Soil Conductivity Meter to Conduct Pre-Salvage Surveys of Soil Salinity at the Rosebud Mine

K. Lang
p 91-94

Aerial Images of Iowa Coal Mines

J. Ellerhoff
p 101-102

Southwestern Reclamation

Soil Salinity and Water Movement During Irrigation of a Topsoil-Coal Spoil Profile

D. Scholl
p 115-124

Diversity and Composition of Soil Fungi Associated with Reclaimed Coal Mine Spoils and Soils

P. Fresquez, E. Aldon, W. Lindemann
p 107-114

The Need for Innovation in Western Land Reclamation

S. Grogan
p 103-106

Temporary Irrigation for Revegetation of Mined Lands Under Cool Desert Conditions

K. Powell, R. Vincent, E. DePuit, F. Parady
p 125-132

Surface Mine Hydrology

Runoff from Reclaimed Grasslands Compared to Undisturbed Grasslands

S. Schroeder
p 201-208

The Erosional Response of Natural and Reclaimed Hillslopes at the Glenrock Coal Company

T. Toy
p 193-200

Runoff and Sediment Yield Following Mulch and Soil Stabilizer Treatments

W. Plass
p 183-192

Overburden Characterization: A Tool for Planning Reclamation and Ground-Water Control Programs

W. Hall, L. Garrett
p 175-182

Prevention of Ground-Water Quality Degradation During Reclamation of a Uraniferous Lignite Mine, North Dakota

R. Houghton, G. Anderson, S. Hill, J. Burgess, J. Wald, D. Patrick, R. Hall, J. Unseth
p 155-174

Groundwater Hydrology and Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in Reclaimed Landscapes in East-Central Alberta, Canada

S. Moran, M. Trudell, D. Pauls, A. Howard, T. Macyk
p 145-154

Projected Impacts of Mining on Alluvial Aquifers at Colstrip, Southeastern Montana

P. Norbeck
p 135-144

Statistical Summary of Ground-Water-Quality Data From Selected Mined Areas in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

D. Naftz, M. Martin
p 133-134

The Impact of Sediment Control Measures on Ephemeral Semiarid Stream Water Quality, Bridger Coal Company Southwestern Wyoming

F. Bergstrom
p 209-222

Surface Mine Reforestation

Forestry - As a Post Mining Land Use in Appalachia

W. Plass
p 257-260

Studies to Determine How to Re-Establish Ponderosa Pine on Mine Soil in Eastern Montana

G. Blake
p 253-256

Reforesting Disturbed Sites in the South with Pine Species

J. Barnett, A. Tiarks
p 245-252

Establishment of Trees and Shrubs on Mined Land in the Foothills/Mountains Region of Alberta Canada

T. Macyk, Z. Widtman
p 239-244

Germinant Reforestation: A Technology for Mine Spoil Reclamation

B. Buchanan
p 235-239

Root Development of Six-Year-Old Ponderosa Pine Established on Reclaimed Mine Soils

K. Thamarus
p 231-234

Minesoil Reconstruction for Forestry - Some Considerations

A. Fedkenheuer, L. Knapik, D. Walker
p 223-230

Ponderosa Pine - A Reclamation Species for the East

W. Davidson, R. Hutnik, R. Bauman
p 261-268

Acid Forming Materials

Pyrite Oxidation Under Unsaturated Conditions: Part I: Abiotic Oxidation

R. Hammack
p 289-296

Lime and Tillage Effects on Soil Copper and Zinc Partitioning and Vegetative Response in Acid Contaminated Agricultural Soils in Southwestern Montana

W. Schafer, M. Babits
p 277-288

Pyrite Oxidation in a Minespoil Environment: A Lysimeter Study

J. Doolittle, L. Hossner
p 269-276

Controlling Acid Seepage From Buried Coal Wastes Through Groundwater Inundation and Wetlands

D. Haag, C. Covert
p 297-304

Overburden, Soils and Minesoil

Reclamation Planning for Minesoil Construction for the Gulf Coast and West Central States-OSMRE's Guidelines in Progress

T. Colbert, S. Fisher Jr.
p 353-356

The Long Term Stability, Land-Use Potential and Erosivity of Surface Mined Lands Returned to Approximate Original Contour in the Central Appalachians

W. Daniels, J. Bell, C. Zipper
p 341-352

Reclamation with Topsoil Substitution by Enhanced Biological Recultivation Process

J. Gozon, M. Ismail, W. Zhang
p 335-340

Plant Successional Responses to Topsoil Thickness and Soil Horizons

K. Crofts, C. Semmer, C. Parkin
p 323-334

Changes in Chemical and Physical Properties of Two Soils in the Process of Surface Mining

R. Barnhisel, J. Powell, D. Hines
p 313-322

Implementation of the Illinois Agricultural Land Productivity Formula and Other State Programs

J. Lohse, K. Brakken
p 305-312

Western Soil and Overburden Task Group Round Robin Analysis Programs

R. Severson, S. Fisher Jr.
p 357-360

Vegetation Enhancement

Shrub Reestablishment in the Mountain Shrub Zone

J. Kiger, W. Berg, J. Herron, C. Phillips, R. Atkinson
p 375-380

Comparative Soil Microbial Structural-Functional Relationships of Introduced Crested Wheatgrass and Native Prairie Communities

D. Klein, B. Frederick, W. Metzger, E. Redente, M. Trlica
p 369-374

Reclamation of Coal Wastes with Reduced Soil Depth and Other Amendments

D. Dove, W. Daniels, J. Bell
p 361-368

Progress in Reclamation Research in Alberta: A Nine Year Study

P. Ziemkiewicz
p 381-400

Operational Aspects of Reclamation

Dragline Reclamation

G. Bierei
p 415-418

Planting Experiences at the Rosebud Mine, Colstrip, MT

P. Martin
p 401-406

Reclamation Engineering and Design in Southwestern Wyoming

S. Riding, F. Parady
p 407-410

One Million Yards of Topsoil Salvage with Dozers, Trucks, and Shovels

P. Carroll
p 411-414

4th Annual Meeting March 17-19, 1987 Billings, Montana