A guide for enhancement of fish and wildlife on abandoned mine lands in the eastern United States. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6786638

Nawrot, J R; Woolf, A; Klimstra, W D

The guide is intended to promote the incorporation of fish and wildlife habitat enhancement into the reclamation of abandoned mine lands under the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (Title IV, PL 95-87). The primary audience is state reclamation planners, but the guide is also useful to state natural resources agencies, the Office of Surface Mining, and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Discussion includes: abandoned mine land characteristics, the basis for fish and wildlife considerations, and planning for fish and wildlife habitat enhancement.

• Research Organization: Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale (USA). Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6786638
• Report Number(s): PB-82-232315
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABANDONED SITES
LAND RECLAMATION
FISHES
SURFACE MINING
WILD ANIMALS
COAL MINING
EROSION
FISHERIES
LAND USE
MANUALS
MINING
PHOTOGRAPHY
SPOIL BANKS
STATE GOVERNMENT
TOXICITY
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
VERTEBRATES
010900* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects
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