Atlas of coal/minerals and important resource problem areas for fish and wildlife in the conterminous United States. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5552529

Honig, R A; Olson, R J; Mason, Jr, W T

The atlas highlights areas in the conterminous US of potential concern involving coal and minerals development activities and fish and wildlife resources, in particular the Important Resource Problem Areas (IRPs) designated in 1980 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as areas of emphasis in policymaking. The atlas serves as an initial screening tool for national and regional planners and administrators to help define areas that may require additional analysis prior to development in order to minimize disturbances and adverse impacts on fish and wildlife resources and to protect and enhance these resources where practicable. The publication contains maps of selected mineral resources (coal, copper, geothermal resources, gold, iron, molybdenum, nickel, oil shale/tar sands, peat, phosphate, silver, uranium), IRPs, and Federal Endagered and Threatened Animal Species. (An overlay of the IRP map is provided: by placing this on a mineral map, counties containing both mineral and wildlife resources will be highlighted.) Background information on IRPs, the mineral commodities, and environmental impacts of mineral mining is provided, as well as appendices which tabulate the data displayed in the maps. The document can also be used with a series of 1:7,500,000-scale reproductions of the maps.

• Research Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service, Kearneysville, WV (USA). Eastern Energy and Land Use Team
• OSTI ID: 5552529
• Report Number(s): PB-82-126491
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
MINERAL RESOURCES
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
USA
COAL DEPOSITS
COPPER ORES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FISHES
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
GOLD ORES
IRON ORES
MAPS
MINING
MOLYBDENUM ORES
NICKEL ORES
OIL SAND DEPOSITS
OIL SHALE DEPOSITS
PEAT
PHOSPHATES
PLANNING
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESOURCES
SILVER ORES
URANIUM DEPOSITS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
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FOSSIL FUELS
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GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
NORTH AMERICA
ORES
ORGANIC MATTER
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
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