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| Reclaiming with shrubs on South facing high elevation waste rock dump using plant protectors. |
Bull Elk on reclaimed mine site. |
Open pit coal mine waste dump after revegetation to forestry and wildlife end land use. |
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| Monitoring of coniferous species research plots on coal waste rock dump. |
Resloped area of open pit coal mine following dragline mining. |
Coniferous species planted along a reconstructed water channel. |
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| Area of resloped waste rock from an open pit coal mine before revegetation. |
Grizzly bear on reclaimed mine site. |
Reconstructed fisheries habitat features in a stream through a mined out pit. |
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| Deer feeding on reclaimed mine site. |
Elk herd on reclaimed winter range site at an open pit coal mine. |
Fawn hiding in a reclaimed coarse coal refuse dump. |
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| Waste rock dumps at Open Pit coal mine prior to reclamation. |
Waste rock dumps at an open pit coal mine after reclamation to wildlife habitat. See previous photo in the index for a "Before" view. |
Fox on reclaimed mine waste rock area. |
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| Bear cubs on reclaimed mine area. |
Caribou grazing on a reclaimed mine area. |
Grizzly bears utilizing a reclaimed mine area. |
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| Caribou on reclaimed waste dump at an open pit coal mine. |
Using a helicopter for aerial seeding & fertilizing of reclaimed areas is commonplace in the mining industry. |
Grizzly bear using a reclaimed area on mine site. |
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| Treeplanter planting into revegetated waste rock dump. |
Aerial view of waste rock dump reclamation at a large open pit metal mine. |
Baby moose on reclaimed mine site. |
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| Black bears utilizing reclaimed mine area. |
Eagle nesting adjacent to an active large open pit metal mine. |
Aerial view of large open pit metal mining operation demonstrating progressive reclamation of waste rock dumps. |
