Idaho Mines Reforestation Effort Could Guide National Land Rehab
In Idaho near Soda Springs Monsanto and other companies join a Forest Service led program to reclaim open pit mine lands. Since 1966 scientists test vegetation on overburden heaps to stabilize soil, support wildlife, and monitor wind moisture and radiation with 89 candidate species planted at five sites.
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Monsanto
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho
Craig W. Rupp
Caribou National Forest
Forest
Rupp
Idaho Mountains
Forester
Rupp Feld
Forest Service
Pepie
George Atwood
Intermountain Forest and Range Experimental Station
Great Northwest
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Lynn A. Findlay
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Caribou County
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Kenneth M. Fowler
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