Bond Release Interactive Forum 2001 - Preliminary Release

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Bond Release Interactive Forum 2001 - Preliminary Release
Surface-Mining Reclamation Approaches to Bond Release: Wildlife Habitat Construction and Wildlife Use of Reclaimed Lands in the Arid and Semi-Arid West

This technical forum is co-sponsored by the Wyoming  Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division; the University of Wyoming, Office of Research, Department of Zoology and Physiology and Department of Renewable Resources; and the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), Western Regional Coordinating Center (WRCC), Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Denver, Colorado.

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• Monday, August 27, 2001 (134 MB)
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• Friday, August 31, 2001 (57.4 MB)