It’s been five years since Congress passed the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act requiring coal companies to reclaim strip-mines, but the science and methods of reclamation are still being developed.
Federal coal sale brings $54 million
The Powder River Basin federal coal lease sale — the largest such sale in history — resulted in the sale of all but two of the 13 tracts offered. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Using the best guess
It’s been five years since Congress passed the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act requiring coal companies to reclaim strip-mines, but the science and methods of reclamation are still being developed. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Wyoming reviews national forest management
Controversy over two western Wyoming timber sales has prompted Gov. Ed Herschler to call for a re-examination of forest management policy on the Bridger-Teton, Shoshone and Big Horn National Forests. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E