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Click on “Download PDF” for the PDF version or on the title for the HTML version. If you are not an ASABE member or if your employer has not arranged for access to the full-text, Click here for options. Application of Updated Approaches for the Reclamation of Placer-mined Lands in the Harrison Creek Watershed near Central, AlaskaPublished by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org Citation: International Symposium on Erosion and Landscape Evolution (ISELE), 18-21 September 2011, Anchorage, Alaska 711P0311cd Paper #11010.(doi:10.13031/2013.39211)Authors: Hans R Arnett, Patrick L McMahon Keywords: Placer mining, Stream reclamation, Updated approaches, Bureau of Land Management, Harrison Creek In 2004, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) embarked upon a project to reclaim portions of approximately 11 miles of abandoned placer-mined land in the Harrison Creek valley near Central, Alaska. Placer-mined land reclamation efforts performed up to that time had been generally accepted to be inadequate in restoring disturbed valley ecosystems. Historically, reclamation efforts have focused on attempts to design stable stream channels. (Download PDF) (Export to EndNotes)
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