Revegetation is a vital step in facilitating a successful soil restoration in disturbed lands It can occur naturally through plant succession and colonization or accelerated human driven land changes meant to repair damage caused by severe events like floods wildfire or mining The original technique involved applying fertilizer and seeds to
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Get PriceThe Manual was designed to address a range of revegetation sites and applications from borrow pits and mine sites to highway right of ways transmission lines and pipeline corridors The Yukon Research Centre administered the funding for this project on behalf of the Mining and Petroleum Environment Research Group
Get Priceprocesses A mine soil pH range in the range of 6 0 to 7 5 is ideal for forages and other agronomic or horticultural uses Gitt and Dollhopf 1991; Gould et al 1996 Maiti and Ghose 2024 reported that the pH vary from 4 9 to 5 3 in a mining dump site situated in
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Get Pricethe other revegetation efforts in the Interior Although the Interior allows for greater use of natural revegetation than other areas of Alaska the region is not immune to the problems associated with surface disturbances Permafrost poses unique and interesting problems when disturbed by construction and mining
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Get PriceThrough three major themes it examines characterization of mine site spoils; remediation of chemical physical and biological constraints of mine site spoils including post mine site land use practices; and revegetation of remediated mine site spoils Each theme includes chapters featuring case studies involving mine sites around the world
Get PriceTo increase the supply of plant nutrients biosolids combined with chemical fertilizers are also used in mine site rehabilitation Li et al 2024 Biosolids increase organic matter in spoil soils accelerating mine site rehabilitation Brofas et al 2024 Castillejo and Castello 2024 Larney and Angers 2024
Get PriceThe Mouska Mine operated for more than 13 years in the Abitibi gold belt With a depth of 950 meters/3 117 feet the site required decontamination clean up and revegetation upon the mine s closing Before revegetation could begin EXP identified present environmental issues and established a comprehensive remediation plan for the site
Get PriceREVEGETATION FOR SLOPE STABILIZATION AND EROSION CONTROL In addition to these statutory requirements for revegetation of mined lands revegetation offers the best long term sustainable solution to stabilizing slopes and preventing erosion and sedimentation on lands disturbed by surface mining Newton Gail A and Claassen V P 2024
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Get PriceMine site revegetation Revegetation projects in arid zones face difficulties with logistics of seed distribution due to seed predation seed loss by wind and rain and difficulties of seed establishment in exposed bare soils Rehabilitation of modified landforms resulting from mining activities is a legal obligation on mining companies
Get PriceSoil Reclamation & Revegetation in West Virginia Soils are a basic resource that are sometimes lost during disturbance activities Learn methods for selecting and placing topsoils or substitute materials on the surface and the methods and types of plant species that can be planted in for revegetation Mine soil properties can be evaluated and
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Get PriceSpoil to soil mine site rehabilitation and revegetation N S Bolan M B Kirkham Y S Ok Books Books Each theme includes chapters featuring case studies involving mine sites around the world environmental and soil scientists; The purpose of this book is to provide students scientists
Get PriceThrough three major themes it examines characterization of mine site spoils; remediation of chemical physical and biological constraints of mine site spoils including post mine site land use practices; and revegetation of remediated mine site spoils Each theme includes chapters featuring case studies involving mine sites around the world
Get PriceVogel 1987 suggested six controlling factors that have the ability to influence revegetation success 1 Quality of planting stock 2 Care of planting stock 3 Method of planting 4 Time of planting 5 Competition from herbaceous vegetation and 6 Soil compaction
Get PriceGUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL REVEGETATION FOR THE NEVADA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND THE U S D A FOREST SERVICE I MINING PLANS OF OPERATIONS A Reclaimed Desired Plant Communities for Mining Operation Disturbances Reclamation goals for mining disturbances are 1 stabilize the site and 2 establish a
Get PriceNatural Revegetation of 15 Abandoned Mine Land Sites in West Virginia J G Skousen C D Johnson and K Garbutt ABSTRACT Fifteen AML sitesranging in age from 13 to 35 yr in Northern West Virginia were selected from three surface mined coal beds Pittsburgh Freeport and Kittanning to evaluate plant invasion and establishment on
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Get PriceSeveral BMPs used at mining sites depend on vegetation as the long term erosion control solution Thus it is imperative to conduct soil tests before deploying seed and erosion control or revegetation products Soil amendments may also be needed as part of the solution to support long lasting vegetation which is the ultimate goal of many mine
Get PriceSep 30 2020establishing the conditions for suitable revegetation e g contouring spreading topsoil spreading slash controlling erosion vegetation transplants etc while mining operations are still active helps ensure that maintenance and monitoring of the reclaimed area is continuous while minimizing additional cost or time restrictions on the …
Get PriceSociety s expectations for mining operations are that they are undertaken using the principles of sustainable development Numerous mines have been rehabilitated in past decades without clear closure criteria or regulatory oversight and are characterised by less than desirable environmental outcomes These sites provide us with information and data in some instances to inform future mine
Get PriceThe research on the effects of acid soils on plant growth has been performed in the world; however it is still a serious problem especially in mine site where revegetation is necessary for environmental reclamation as shown in Figure 1 The formation of acid soils resulted from construction and/or resource exploitation has been often
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