##  [Reclamation Monitoring: The Critical Elements of a Reclamation Monitoring Program](/resource/reclamation-monitoring-critical-elements-reclamation-monitoring-program) 

Organization

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

[TransAlta Corporation](/organization/transalta-corporation)

[InnoTech Alberta (ITA)](/organization/innotech-alberta-ita)

 

 

Project

[National CLRA Conference Papers](/project/national-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Richard Johnson

P.J. Burton

Vasille Klassen

Phil Lulman

Dale Doram

 

 

Original Authors

Richard Johnson

P.J. Burton

Vasille Klassen

Phil Lulman

Dale Doram

 

 

Resource Date:

1984

 

Page Length

20

 

 

The potential for serious environmental impacts resulting from large scale surface mining is proportional to the difficulty of reclaiming the  
disturbed area . Reclamation monitoring programs are designed to measure the extent of environmental disturbance and the rate of recovery. This paper lays out a methodology for selecting, measuring, and interpreting critical elements of a reclamation monitoring program. The end land use is employed as a decision making key to identify the major factors affecting reclamation monitoring and to select the biophysical and economic characteristics requiring measurement . The latter portion of the paper explores the ways of optimizing the efficiency of monitoring programs. It outlines the relative advantages and weaknesses of several sampling designs commonly used in reclamation monitoring .