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Presented by The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation 36 th Annual Awards Presentation September 20 th , 2012 Kamloops, BC Keeper Trophy Presentation Final dam surface, August 2009 Kemess willow at Woodmere Nursery

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Presented by The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation

36th Annual Awards Presentation September 20th, 2012 – Kamloops, BC

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Keeper Trophy Presentation

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Final dam surface, August 2009

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Kemess willow at Woodmere Nursery Growth trial plots (2010)

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Local First Nations representatives broadcast seeding the waste rock dumps

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Mill Creek Access Road Reclamation (work completed 2005, photo taken 2009)

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Northgate Minerals Corporation for Kemess South Mine

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Eli Christiansen for the Douglas Property

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Douglas Property ‐ before reclamation efforts

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Douglas Property ‐ before reclamation efforts

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Douglas Property showing regrowth of native species, including alder and fireweed.

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Eli Christiansen for the Douglas Property

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R.E. Postill and Sons Ltd. and the Coldstream Ranch Ltd. for Rosebush Pit

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Yellow areas have been reclaimed

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Crop growth beside a newly reclaimed area

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Crops growing on reclaimed areas

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R.E. Postill and Sons Ltd. and the Coldstream Ranch Ltd. for Rosebush Pit

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Quinto Technologies Inc. for Lumby Mine

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Core Shack Area before cleanup (2010) and after cleanup, regrading, and seeding (2011).

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Removing trailers ‐ before and after (2011).

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Contaminated materials sorted and removed by HAZCO.

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Northern and Middle tailings ponds before and after reclamation.

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Quinto Technologies Inc. for Lumby Mine

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Gibraltar Mines Ltd. for Gibraltar Mine

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Main Sand Dam, with placement of wood chips (left), and pine tree establishment trial (2011).

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Main Sand Dam, before and after overburden placement, Fall 2011 (left) and Main Sand Dam Summer 2012 (right).

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Trial Wetland Construction, Fall 2011 to Summer 2012.

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Seedlings prepared in on site nursery compound (top) and reclamation crew taking vegetation for metal analysis (right).

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Gibraltar Mines Ltd. for Gibraltar Mine

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Tsolum River Partnership for Mount Washington Mine

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PARTNERS

  • Jack Minard, Tsolum River Partnership Society
  • Margaret Wright, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • D. Lindsay & Domenico Iannidnardo, Timber West
  • Diane Ramage and Jim Shinkewski, Pacific Salmon Foundation
  • Peter Healey, SKR
  • Diane Howe and Ron Bronstein, MEM
  • Brenda Dixon, NRCan
  • Ben Chalmers, Mining Association of BC (now MAC)
  • Sharlene Henderson, Breakwater Resources
  • Rob McCandless, Environment Canada (retired)
  • John Deniseger, Ministry of Environment

Mount Washington

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Mount Washington Mount Washington

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Mount Washington

A layer of soil and clay is placed to prepare the site for a permanent impermeable cover

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Mount Washington

Underdrain Construction

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Mount Washington

Over 12 km of bituminous liner installed, seams sealed by hand

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Mount Washington

Glacial till is spread to protect the membrane

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Mount Washington

Ditches used to divert clean water – by late summer 2009, water was flowing over and around the site rather than through it.

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Mount Washington

Woody debris for stability and channels to divert water away from the site

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Vegetation beginning to establish (photo September, 2012)

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Tsolum River Partnership for Mount Washington Mine

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Presented by The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation

36th Annual Awards Presentation September 20th, 2012 – Kamloops, BC