Science for Watershed Decisions on Abandoned Mine Lands: Review of Preliminary Results

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted the symposium "Science for Watershed Decisions on Abandoned Mine Lands: Review of Preliminary Results" in Denver, Colorado, on February 4-5, 1998, for Federal land-management agencies (FLMAs) to get a first look at the techniques, data, and interpretations being generated by the USGS's Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Initiative. The AML Initiative is a multidisciplinary effort that is using a watershed approach to address the AML problem. Watersheds in Colorado and Montana were picked to demonstrate the approach. The goal of the AML Initiative is to design and implement a reliable strategy that will supply the scientific information FLMAs need to develop efficient and cost-effective remediation plans for abandoned mine sites.

Symposium Proceedings

• Nimick, D.A., and von Guerard, P., 1998, Science for Watershed Decisions on Abandoned Mine Lands: Review of Preliminary Results, Denver, Colorado, February 4-5, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0297In addition to the above special sessions, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey's Toxic Substances Hydrology Program gave the following presentations at the meeting.

More Information on Abandoned Mine Lands

• USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative
  
• Hard Rock Mining Contamination in Rocky Mountain Terrain -- Upper Arkansas River, Colorado (Toxics Program Investigation)
  
• Hard Rock Mining Contamination in Arid Southwest Alluvial Basins -- Pinal Creek, Arizona (Toxics Program Investigation)
  
• USGS Mine Drainage Activities

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