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Past SMARA Update Newsletters

Spring 2008 (PDF, 2.6 MB)     Featuring:  "Dennis O'Bryant Named to Head OMR"

Fall 2007 (PDF, 2MB)  Featuring:  "Focused Workship on In-Stream Mining and Monitoring"

Spring 2007 (PDF, .9 MB)   Featuring:   "Abandoned Mine Lands Unit - Ten Years of Major and "Miner" Challenges"

Winter 2007 (PDF, 1.5 MB)   Featuring:   "Mine Reclamation - A Type of Ecological Restoration"

Fall 2006 (PDF, 1 MB)  Featuring:  "OMR Launches New Lead Agency Review Program"

Summer 2006 (PDF, 1.5 MB)  Featuring:   "Overcoming the Challenges of Desert Revegetation - Part I"

Spring 2006 (PDF, 1.3 MB)  Featuring:  "End Uses:  Lakes and Wetlands for Wildlife Habitat"

Winter 2006 (PDF, 1.5 MB)   Featuring:   "OMR's SMARA Workshops are Back!"

Fall 2005 (PDF, 1.0 MB) Featuring "Volumetric Modeling of Mined Materials Using GPS and GIS"

Summer 2005 (PDF, .6MB) Featuring "Learning the Ropes of Remediation"

Spring 2005 (PDF, 1.0MB) Featuring "SMARA Database Helps Automate the Annual Reporting Process"

Winter 2005 (PDF, 1.5MB) Featuring "The Application of SMARA to Surface Mining Operations in the Timber
Harvest Plan Review Process"

 

 

National Association of Abandoned Mine Programs | California Geological Survey | State Mining & Geology Board
Department of Toxic Substances Control | California State Lands Commission
Bureau of Land Management | Mine Safety & Health Administration
Office of Surface Mining |  | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
U.S. Forest Service | U.S. Geological Survey