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Here is the 2nd part of a series about AML work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (We shared the first one too.) This article has some interesting info about a variety of ways they're cleaning up acid mine drainage in Pennsylvania and western Maryland.
https://t.co/10MUWWAjLe
The dirty truth: It takes coal to heal coal's scars on the landscape
Will the acid mine drainage that pollutes thousands of miles of streams in Pennsylvania and Western Maryland ever be erased? Will remaining coal waste piles, acidic streams, underground fires, dangerous
bayjournal.com
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Here is a cool self-written profile of one of the engineers in the New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program.
Congrats, Meghan! @EmnrdNM
We love to see women in STEM careers, and the timing of this publication lines up perfectly with Women's History Month!
https://t.co/cP9p2mP63n
A Day in the Life of Mining Engineer Meghan - All Together
Meghan is a Principal Engineer for the State of New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program. Learn more about her work in mining and how you can #BeThatEngineer!
alltogether.swe.org
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Great video by @nature_org about the work to restore the sagebrush steppe. Don Newton, Wyoming DEQ AML administrator, is featured. WDEQ published info about this in its series about the Native Plants Project.
Here's that piece: https://t.co/vB6PDkx2A6...
https://t.co/xagSQqRC5a
Solutions for Sagebrush: Restoring an Iconic Western Landscape
Western sagebrush country is disappearing at an alarming rate and once it’s gone, it’s very difficult to bring back. Nature Conservancy scientists are using ...
youtube.com
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Great news about the Tin Pan Canyon coal waste pile project in New Mexico!
https://t.co/yXulcR5xJA
Reclamation project on old coal mine complete
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The area around an old coal mine is being brought back to life. The Tin Pan Canyon, near Raton, clean up is an old coal waste pile near a stream and fortified a nearby drain…
krqe.com