OSM Seal Market-Based
Mine Land Reclamation
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Market-Based Mine Land Reclamation is a packet of fact sheets designed to demonstrate the environmental, economic, and social benefits of reclaiming mined land to a forestry use. The benefits of planting trees has appeal to a wide range of parties including mine operators, utilities, environmental organizations, watershed groups, local communities, land management companies, schools and universities, and wildlife agencies and organizations. The market-based approach maximizes opportunities for partnering among these various groups.
The Fact Sheets below are provided in Adobe Acrobat format.

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Adobe Acrobat graphic The Challenge of Mine Land Reclamation
Adobe Acrobat graphic Mine Land Reforestation - Multiple Benefits
Adobe Acrobat graphic Mine Land Reforestation - Sound Practices
Adobe Acrobat graphic New Revenues from Optimal Mine Land Reclamation - Leveraging the Environmental Marketplace
Adobe Acrobat graphic Ecological Asset Credits from Mine Land Reclamation - Carbon Sequestration
Adobe Acrobat graphic Ecological Asset Credits from Mine Land Reclamation - Water and Habitat
Adobe Acrobat graphic Case Study - Identifying Ecological Asset Value on TXU Mine Lands
Adobe Acrobat graphic Eco-Asset Management - Lessons Learned on Non-Mine Lands
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