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SUDBURY 2003 - MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT

28th Annual Meeting - May 2003, Sudbury, Ontario.  Co-sponsored with member organizations of the Sudbury 2003 Organizing Committee. 1121 pp.

Community Restoration Activities in the City of Greater Sudbury (Bill Lautenbach - The City of Greater Sudbury)

Environmental Protection and our Environmental Bill of Rights (Gordon Miller - Environmental Commissioner of Ontario)

In-Situ Remediation and Phytoextraction of Soil Ni (Dr Rufous Chaney - U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Quantifying Biogeochemical Controls on Metal Behaviour Within Acid Rock Drainage Environments: Amorphous Mn Oxyhydroxide Biomineral Formation and Associated Metal Sequestration (Elizabeth Haack - School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University)

Microbial activity of iron-reducing bacteria and sulfate reducing bacteria isolated from mine tailings in the presence of various electron donors (Jean Phillippe Rioux - Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa)

Bioremediation of Acid Rock Drainage Using Sulfate=Reducing Bacteria (Barbara Hard - Jacques Whitford Environment Limited)

Wood Cadillac Mine Tailings: Designing a Biofilter for Arsenic Control (Normand Tassé - INRS-Eau Terre et Environnement)

Evaluation of Biofilter Performance to Remove Dissolved Arsenic: Wood Cadillac (Diane Germain - Hydrogéochem Environnement Inc.)

An MPN Method for the Enumeration of Iron-Reducing Bacteria (Doug Gould - CANMET, Natural Resources Canada)

Effective Biological Water Treatment for Metals and Other Inorganics in Mining Waters (Brad Wahlquist - Applied Biosciences Corporation)

Release of Trace Metals from Sulphidic Mine Waste When Turning A Deposit into a Golf Course (Ulrika Karlsson - MTM Research Centre, Department of Natural Sciences, Örebro University)

Microbial Effects of Natural Phosphate Rock (NPR) Addition to Mining Wastes (Masato Ueshima)

Using Isotopic Composition of Reduced Sulfur Species in Sulfidic Mine Tailings as Signatures of Bacterial Sulfate Reduction (Tanmay Praharaj - Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa)

Extremely Acidic Mine Lake Ecosystems in Lusatia (Germany): Characterization and Development of Sustainable, Biology-Based Acidity Removal Technology (Andrew Fyson - Brandenburg University of Technologyical University at Cottbus)

In Situ Bioremediation of Acid Mining Lakes by Addition of Organic Substrate and Lime (Walter Geller - UFZ-Centre for Environmental Research, Dept. of Inland Water Research)

Experiences in Neutralizing Acidic Pit Lakes by Flooding with River Water (Martin Schultze - UZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leizig-Halle, Department of Inland Water Research)

Neutralizing Extremely Acidic Mining Lakes by Chemical and Microbial Treatment - Mesocosm Studies (Oliver Tostche - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries)

Zooplankton and Zoobentos of Subarctic Imandra Lake Following Water Quality Improvements, Kola Penninsula, Russia (Valery Yakovlev - Kazan State University)

Guide to Metal Leaching / Acid Rock Drainage Assessment (Jeff Martin - SENES Consultants Limited)

Monitoring Metal Species Using A Novel New Technique for Environmental Applications - Capillary Electrophoresis Linked to a High Resolution ICP/MS (CE-HRICP/MS) (Sergio Troncoso - Activation Laboratories Ltd.)

The Use of Two_Dimensional Soil_Atmosphere Modeling in the Design of Dry Cover Systems for Mine Waste (David Christensen - O’Kane Consultants Inc.)

LIMS and the Mine Site Lab - Essential Features and Implementation Notes (Tania Orduz - Assaynet)

Thiosalts in the Mining Industry - A Review Consortium of the Projects Founded by the Thiosalts Consortium (Orlando Dinardo - CANMET, Natural Resources Canada)

Design and Construction of a 15 meter high, HDPE-Lined Tailing Storage Facility on an Existing Unlined Tailing Storage Facility in the Middle East (Steven Aiken - Knight Piésold Limited)

Design Constraints on Engineered Dry Covers for Waste Rock Dumps (Guido Deissman - Brenk Systemplanning)

Stabilisation of Tailings Deposits: International Experience (Alex Jakubick - WISMUT GmbH)

Tailings System Safety Review for the Quirke Tailings Management Area in Elliot Lake (Shiu Kam - Golder Associates Ltd.)

Recovery of Benthic Invertebrate Communities after the Diversion of Acid Mine Drainage from Junction Creek in Sudbury, Ontario (Christine Brereton - Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit)

Indicators of Chronic Metal Stress in Wild Yellow Perch from Metal-Contaminated Environments (Patrice Couture - Dept. of Biology, Laurentian University)

Fish Salvage Activities Related to Diamond Mine Construction in the NWT (Laurie McEachern - Jacques Whitford Environment Limited)

Assessment of Metal Toxicity to Protozoa and Rainbow Trout Cells in Culture (Vivian Dayeh - Department of Biology, University of Waterloo)

Planning for Stream Remediation using Multiple-Account Analysis, Stoney (Topping) Creek, Trail, BC (Lori Brewer Lawe - Golder Associates Ltd.)

Operational Prediction of the ARD and Metal Leaching Potential of a Strongly Oxidized, Low NP Waste Rock (Scott Frostad - Cogema Resources Inc., McClean Lake Operation)

Operational NP Determination _ Accounting for Iron Manganese Carbonates and Developing a Site-Specific Fizz Rating (Scott Frostad - Cogema Resources Inc., McClean Lake Operation)

Fate and Transport of Metals from an Abandoned Tailings Impoundment after 70 years of sulphide oxidation (Michael Moncur - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Integration of Field Data and a Geochemical Transport Model to Assess Mitigation Strategies for an Acid-Generating Water Rock Pile at a Uranium Mine (Ronald Nicholson - Stantec Consulting Ltd. and University of Waterloo)

Electrochemical Cover for the Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage: A Laboratory Test (Mei Lin Shelp - Golder Associates Ltd.)

Surface Disposal of Tailings (David Landriault - Golder Paste Technology Ltd.)

Surface Disposal of Paste Tailings at the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, Tanzania (James Theriault - Golder Associates Ltd.)

Management of Tailings Stabilized by Lime and Cement at Canadian Electrolytic Zinc, Valleyfield, Québec (Benoit Demers - SNC LAVALIN Environnement Inc.)

Current Developments in Heap Leach Closure (Ed Opitz - Kinross Gold USA)

Erosion Characteristics of Underwater Deposited Mine Tailings (Nand Davé - CANMET, Natural Resources Canada)

Lignin and Lignin Derivatives to Promote Vegetative Growth and Metal Uptake in Mine Tailings (Bryan Tisch - Natural Resources Canada, Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories)

Treatment of Acid Mine Effluents Using a Wood-Waste Cover (Diane Germain - Hydrogéochem Environnement Inc.)

Factors Affecting Decomposition Properties of Paper Mill Sludge Spread on Mine Tailings (Jennifer Braun - Department of Biology, Laurentian University)

Changes in Chemical and Biological Properties of Paper Sludge Used for Revegetation of Copper Tailings (Bryan Tisch - Natural Resources Canada, Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories)

Reclaiming acidic, infertile and unstable soils with urban and industrial byproducts by improving chemical properties and enhancing plant growth (Wayne Truter - Department of Plant Production and Plant Science, University of Pretoria)

Mining in Zambia: Challenges to Effective Regulation (Brenda Dixon - Natural Resources Canada, Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories)

Mine Closure Risk Modeling - A Continuous Improvement Approach (David Laurence - School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales)

Effects of Calcium on Sorption and Floculation of Trace Metals in Leachate from Mine Waste Deposits (Karsten Hakansson - Swedish Geotechnical Institute)

Biological Toxicity Treatment Evaluation of a Gold Mine Effluent (Jim Whitlock - Whitlock and Associates, Biotechnology)

An Adsorption Model for Nickel in Smelter Impacted Soil (Les Evans - Department of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph)

Enhanced Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Soil through the Addition of Humic Substances (Rod Facey - Hood Environmental)

The AmmEI Process for the Treatment of Ammonia in Wastewater (Len Seed - Enpar Technologies Inc.)

Neutralization of Acid Leachate in a Nickel Mine with Limestone (Jannie Maree - CSIR, Water, Environment and Forestry Technology)

Metal Mobility and Attenuation in Mine Tailings and Mine Drainage Impacted Aquifer with a Reactive Barrier (Sudbury, On) (Nora Doerr - University of Waterloo)

The Solid_Phase Sulfur Speciation of Metal Sulfides in a Permeable Reactive Barrier, Nickel Rim Mine, Sudbury, Ontario (Eugenie Daigneault - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Mine Rehabilitation in an Urban Environment (A Successful Industry - Government Cooperative Strategy) (Rod Cooper - Kinross Gold Corporation)

Regeneration of European Sites in Cities and Urban Environments R.E.S.C.U.E.) (Catherine Bertram - GPE, Mission Bassin Minier)

Mining Sustainability - First Nations Land Issues and Potential Impacts on the Mining Industry (Mike Grant - Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines)

Ontario Leads the Way in Abandoned Mine Rehabilitation (Chris Hamblin - Ministry of Norther Development and Mines)

Planning and Environmental Constraints and Opportunities for Rehabilitation (Ken Zimmerman - Dufferin Aggregates)

Assessing Destruction and Reconstruction of Ecological Complexity (M. Anand - Laurentian University)

Influence of Soil Amendments on Chemical and Microbial Properties of Cu-Ni Smelter-Damaged Sudbury Soil (Alexander Okonski - Elliot Lake Research Field Station of Laurentian University)

Effects of Metal_Contaminated Forest Soils from the Canadian Shield to Terrestrial Organisms (Nathalie Feisthauer)

Long Term Effects of Pollutants on Forest Vegetation in Central Spis Region (Blanka Mankovska - Forest Research Institute)

Impact of Heavy Metals on Forest Trees from Mining Areas (Peter Trüby - Institute of Soil Science and Forest Nutrition, Albert-Ludwigs University)

Evaluation of Forest Ecosystems Restoration on Lignite Mine Spoils Using a False-Time Series Ecosystem Budget Approach (Wolfgang Schaaf- Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg University of Technology)

Degradational Succession of Forest Ecosystem in the Surrounding of Cu-Ni Smelter in the Kola Peninsula (Natalya Lukina - Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of North, Kola Science Centre)

Distribution of Anthropogenic Metals in Soils of the Sudbury, Ontario Smelter Footprint (Graeme Spiers - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, MIRARCO, Laurentian University)

The Sudbury Soils Study: A Community-Based Risk Assessment (Christopher Wren - ESG International Inc.)

An Informal Assessment of Interlaboratory Variability of Mining Effluents (Derek Riehm - Barrick Gold Corporation)

The Removal of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater Using Permeable Reactive Materials (Jeff Bain - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo)

The Recovery of Gold Ions from Mine Effluents Using High Capacity Nanoporous Adsorbents (Adel El_Hsaeri - School of Engineering, Laurentian University)

Remediation of Hg in Groundwater Using Zero-Valent Iron: Field Column Tests (Chris Weisener - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Toxicity Treatment of Mine Effluent-Using Chemical and Physical Treatment Methods (Richard Wagner - SGS Lakefield Research Limited)

Implication of Non_Acid Metal Leaching on Mine Rock Management at a Nickel Mine in Permafrost Terrain: 1- Mine Rock Evaluation (Michael Rinker - Stantec Consulting Ltd.)

An Alternative Alkaline Addition for Direct Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (Jennifer Simmons - National Mine Land Reclamation Center)

The Mitigation of Acid Rock Drainage: Four Case Studies from British Columbia (William A. Price - CANMET, Natural Resources Canada)

Waste Assessment of Copper Mines and Plants in Albania and their Impact in Surrounding Areas (Genc Demi - Mining and Processing Technology Institute)

In-Pit Drainage Treatment Mine System in Northern Climate (Bernard Aubé - EnvirAubé)

Implementation of Field Methods Outlined in the Environment Canada Metal Mining EEM Guidance Document at Four Sites in Northern Ontario - Challenges and Recommendations (John Sferrazza - ASI Group Ltd.)

Relationships Between Aggregate Extraction, Groundwater and Salmonid Population in a Southern Ontario Trout Stream (Christopher Wren - ESG International Inc.)

Experimental Manipulation of Aquatic Habitat in Decommissioned Aggregate Pits and Quarries to: a) Determine the Role of Habitat in Shaping Fish Communities and b) Identify Effective Options for Reclaiming Sites with Fisheries Potential (Karen Smokorowoki)

The Physical, Chemical and Biological Dynamics of Two Contrasting Pit Lakes: Implications for Pit Lake Bio-Remediation (Jay McNee - Lorax Environmental Services)

Development of Speciation and Separation Techniques for Radionucleotides for the Pre-Assessment of their Environmental Mobility (Francois Caron - Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Laurentian University)

Vadose Zone Monitoring of Soil Covers for Acid Generating Waste Rock at the Ronneburg Uranium Mining Site (Alex Jakubick - WISMUT GmbH)

Development of a Long-Term Monitoring Program for the Rehabilitated Rayrock Uranium Mine (Kyle Stanfield - Rescan™ Environmental Services Ltd.)

Ten Years Experience of a Multi-Layer Cover System for Uranium Mill Tailings in Ranstad, Sweden (Björn Sundblad - SWECO VIAK)

Implications of Non-Acidic Metal Leaching on Mine Rock Management at a Nickel Mine in Permafrost Terrain: Environmental Baseline Investigation (Ronald Nicholson - Stantec Consulting Ltd. and University of Waterloo)

Application of Remote Sensing for Environmental Impact Assessment in the Central Rand Goldfield (Fredrick Mphephu - Centre for Applied Mining and Exploration, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand)

Technical Feasibility Studies and the Uses of Treated AMD Kingsmill Tunnel, Peru: Emphasis on Supplement for Drinking Water Supply (Nural Kuyucak - Golder Associates Peru S.A.)

Environmental Impact of Barytes Deposit: A Case Study from Management Area, Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India (A. Nagaraju - Department of Geology, S.V. University)

The Victor Diamond Project (Jonathon Fowler - De Beers Canada Corporation)

Integrating LIDAR Altimetry Data with Hyperspectral Data for Monitoring Mine Wastes (Julie Wallace - Department of Geology, University of Waterloo)

Long-Term Heavy Metal Pollution Risk Due to the Use of Slags as Agricultural Limes on the South African Highveld (Johan van der Waals - Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, University of Pretoria)

Assessing Human Health Risks Arising from Arsenic Exposure Using a Weight of Evidence Approach (Elliot Sigal - Cantox Environmental Inc.)

Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment at Teck Cominco's Kimberley Operations, BC Overview of Regulatory Process and Preliminary Findings of the Problem Formulation (Catherine Wilson - Morrow Environmental Consultants Inc.)

Regulated Environmental Effects Monitoring for Metal Mines - Ontario (Nardia Ali)

Elk Restoration and Health in the Sudbury Area (Ivon Filion - Northern Environmental Heritage Institute, Cambrian College)

Striving for a Sustainable Mining Industry: Arsenic Control Through an Integrated Approach (Joe Ferron - SGS Lakefield Research Limited)

Revegetating Composite/Consolidated Tailings Wetlands using Donor Wetland Soils, in the Oil Sands Mining Region of Fort McMurray Alberta (Nathalie Cooper- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta)

Constructed Wetlands for Treating Processed Mine Water - an Irish Case Study (Aisling O'Sullivan - University College)

Wetland Treatment Systems - How Long Will They Really Work? (Paul Eger - Division of Lands and Minerals, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

Concentrations of Cu, Ni and Pb Contents of Ombrotrophic Peat Bogs at a Rural Site and Near a Cu-Ni Smelter and a Mine (Liisa Ukonmaanaho - Vantaa Research Centre, Finnish Forest Research Institute)

North American Bats and Mines Project: a Cooperative Interagency Approach to Bat Conservation through Mine Land Reclamation (Faith Watkins)

The Rehabilitation of Ontario's Kam Kotia Mine - An Abandoned Acid Generating Tailings Site (Chris Hamblin - Ministry of Northern Development and Mines)

Creating Eden in a Despoiled Land (Peter Whitbread-Abratat - Eden Project)

The Remediation of the Hollinger Tailings Stack - A Case Study in Government Response to a Problem (Mario Morin - Department of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia)

The Sustainable Management of Metal-Rich Ecosystems: Lessons from an Historic Mining Area (Loveday Jenkin - Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter)

Due Diligence, Sustainable Development and Environmental Mining for New and Existing Mines (Linda Elliot - SGS Lakefield Research Limited)

Environmental Management Plans: a Key Tool in Ensuring Successful Long-Term Environmental Management at Closed Mine Sites with ML/ARD (Kim Bellefontaine - British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines)

Integrating Environmental Management Into Core Business Functions (Jerry Danni - Environmental Affairs, Kinross Gold Corporation)

Rehabilitation of Tailings Dams on the Central Rand, Johannesburg (Fredick Mphephu - Centre for Applied Mining and Exploration Geology, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand)

Erosion Control and Reclamation for Nickel Laterite Projects (Mat Parfitt - Knight Piésold Consulting)

Rehabilitation of Abandoned Aggregate Properties in Ontario: An Evaluation of the MAAP Program Based on Landowner Satisfaction (Pauline Hubregste)

Some Short-Term Benefits of Environmental Management Systems (Gail Aymot)

Aquatic Plant Establishment on Nickel Tailings Five Years After Flooding (Fred Wilkinson - Biology Department, Laurentian University)

Revegetation of Acidic Bauxite Tailing Ponds by Hydro Seeding of Modulated and Mycorrhizal Legume Trees in the Amazon Region, Brazil (Luiz Eduardo Dias - DPS/Universidade Federal de Viçosa)

The Effect of Season of Seeding and Seeding Depth on Performance of Twenty-One Native Grasses: Implications for Reclamation (Sarah Wilkinson - Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta)

Organic Nitrogen Mineralization Rate in Sewage Sludge Amended Mine Soil (Ana Lopez_Tercero - Departmento de Biologia Vegetal y Ciencia del Suelo, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo)

Tailings Surface Cover Development Through Integration of Reactive Phosphate and Organic Matter (Margerete Kalin - Boojum Research Limited)

Soil Bioengineering for Slope Stabilization and Site Restoration (David Polster - Polster Environmental Services)

Rehabilitation on Gold Tailings Disposal Facilities: Quo Vadis? (N.H. Theunissen - Environmental Services, S.A. Region Metallufty, AngloGold Limited)

Increasing Species Diversity on Landscape Impacted by Coal Mining in NSW Australia (Melina Gillespie - Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland)

Spatial Evolution Law of Physical Properties of Subsided Farmland Soil due to Coal Mining in the East of China (Chen Longqian)

Optimizing the Effluent Treatment at a Coal Mine by Process Modelling (Janee Maree - CSIR, Water, Environment and Forestry Technology)

Ecosystem Recovery in Mine Spoils of India (R. S. Singh - Environmental Management Group, Central Mining Research Institute)

Ontario Aggregate Resources Management: Linkage Between Effective Rehabilitation and Long Term Economic Prosperity (James Parkin - MacNaughton Hermesen Britton Clarkson Planning Limited)

Natural Development of Biological Communities in Water-Filled Gravel Pits and Quarries in Southern Ontario (Lisa Guenther - Zoology Department, University of Guelph)

An Evolution of Rehabilitation Approaches Through the Life of a Southern Ontario Gravel Pit - Part 1 (Kevin Trimble - ESG International)

An Evolution of Rehabilitation Approaches Through the Life of a Southern Ontario Gravel Pit - Part 2 (Kevin Trimble - ESG International)

Amelioration and Restoration of Scots Pine Stands Close to the Harjavalta Cu-Ni Smelter in SW Finland (John Derome - Rovaniemi Research Station, The Finnish Forest Research Institute)

Approaches to Rehabilitation of Lands in the Surroundings of Cu-Ni Smelters in the Kola Penninsula, Russia (Vyacheslav Nikonov - Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of North, Kola Science Centre)

Sudbury, Canada - 25 Years of Municipal Action in Healing and Creating a New Terrestrial Ecosystem on a Smelter-Impacted Landscape (Peter Beckett - Biology Department, Laurentian University)

Carbon Sequestration Patterns in the Replanted Areas of the Sudbury Barrens (Geoff Sherman - Biology Department, Laurentian University)

Minimal Amelioration as Appropriate Technology in the Green Flin Flon/Creighton Project (Keith Winterhalder - Wintergreen Ecological Services)

The Potential Impact of Climate Change on the Mining Industry in Canada (Dave Pearson)

Impacts of Climate Change on the Recovery of Acid-Damaged Ecosystems in the Sudbury Area (John Gunn - Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit)

Early Diagenesis of Sediment from Kelly Lake, Sudbury, Ontario – A Lake Contaminated by Sewage Effluent and High Levels of Copper and Nickel from Mining and Smelting (Alan Lock - Urban Lakes Section of the Co-operative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, and Center for Environmental Monitoring, MIRARCO, Laurentian University)

In-situ Sediment/Water Interface Reactions Experiment Examining the Aerobic and Anaerobic Mobility of Ni, Cu, and PO4 in Kelly Lake, Sudbury, Ontario (Alan Lock - Urban Lakes Section of the Co-operative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, and Center for Environmental Monitoring, MIRARCO, Laurentian University)

A Potential Remediation Strategy Using Wetland Vegetation and Aquatic Macrophytes in Kelley Lake, Sudbury, Ontario (Shelley Wainio - Biology Department, Laurentian University)

The International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP) : Progress Towards a Global Organization (Denis Kemp)

Application of Rotating Biological Contactor Technology for Mine Effluent Treatment and Metal Bioleaching Operations (Anoop Kapoor - Mine Effluents Program CANMET, Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories, Natural Resources Canada)

Development of a Kinetic Model for the Biotic Oxidation of Pyrite/Pyrrhotite on Rock Surfaces (Mazda Biglari - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo)

Effects of Spatially Variable Flow on the Attenuation of Acid Mine Drainage in Groundwater (Maria Malmström - Chemical Engineering and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology [KTH])

Surface Water Quality in Bersbo, Sweden - Fifteen Years After Amelioration of Sulphidic Waste (Matthias Backstrom - Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, Örebro University)

Denison Mines - 10 Years After Closure (Ian Ludgate - Denison Environmental Services)

Seasonal Geochemical Dynamics within an Acid Impacted Tailings Lake (Luc Bernier - School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University)

Water Management and the Use of Natural Degradation in a Gold Mine Tailings Management Facility, Holt-McDermott Mine, Ontario (Ron Martel - Barrick Gold Corporation)

Mine Site Mapping and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing: Past Results and Future Prospects (Catherine Champagne)

Adsorption of Lead and Zinc Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Volcanic Ash Soil (VAS) (Abbas Esmaily - Dept. of Social Medicine, University of Medical Sciences)

Landscape Scale Successional Modelling for Restoration of Mineral Aggregate Extractive Sites on the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario, Canada (John Fraser - Science and Information Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

Trace Elements in Lake Sediments as signs of Environmental Impact from the Electronic Society: Reference Lakes (Evastina Grahn - Department of Natural Sciences, Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, Örebro University)

Biological Metal Removal In An Engineered Wetland System (James Higgins - Jacques Whitford Environment Limited)

Engineering Criteria for Ashtian City Waste Burial (Mohammad Reza Hosseinnejad - Iran University of Science and Technology)

Reclamation Plan for Subsided Land Due to Coal Mining in Northease China (Zhenqi Hu - China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Campus)

Crust Formation - The Meaning of Surface Reaction Research for Long-Term Aspects in Remediation (Stephanie Hurst - Saxon State Authority for Environment and Geology)

Phytoextraction of copper from gold mine tailings by Sinapis alba (Colin Nakata - Department of Botany, University of Manitoba)

Dumping of Communal Waste in the Course of Mining (Jerco Nuiƒ - Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb)

Reclamation of abandoned gold mine tailings in southeastern Manitoba (Sylvie Renault - Department of Botany, University of Manitoba)

Atmospheric deposition near Sudbury, Ontario, 1930-2000; inferred from sulfate in groundwater (Will Robertson - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Technique, Theory and Government's Policy of Land Reclamation in China (Shu-qin Zhao - Department of Resource Development, Chinese University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Campus, and Chinese University of Economy)

Plant Diversity, Abundance and Distribution on an Abandoned Copper-Nickel Roast Yard Near Sudbury, Canada: The Impact of Soil Toxicity (Nicole Baks - Biology Department, Nipissing University)

Understanding Complexity in Sudbury's Reclaimed Land (Jennifer Braun)

Mobilization of Metals in Podzolic Soils of the Sudbury Smelter Footprint (Adam Cecchetto - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, MIRARCO, Laurentian University)

Application of an Energy Dispersive Miniprobe Multielement Analyzer (EMMA) in an Anthropogenically Affected Area (Caroline Hawson - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, MIRARCO, Laurentian University)

A Survey of Potential Hyperaccumulators Near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Karen Hickey - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University)

Effects of Industrial Metals on Predsatory Kairomone Reception in an Aquatic Invertebrate Predator-Prey System (Kim Hunter - Department of Biology, Nipissing University)

Road/Parking Lot Deposited Sediments and Their Potential Impacts on Ramsey Lake Water Quality (Melissa Jakola - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, MIRARCO, Laurentian University)

The Long Lake Gold Mine (Warren Johns - Long Lake Public School)

Detection of Isolates of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans from Acid Mine Drainage Environments Using Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (Khaled Mahmoud)

Radial Growth and Tree Ring Chemistry of Three Tree Species Growing Along a Multiple Stress Gradient (Dave Marshall - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University)

Potential Effects of Reclamation Activities in Sudbury, Ontario on the Uptake of Selenium and Other Elements by Mushrooms (Michaela McLean - Biology Department, Laurentian University)

The Effects of Acidophilic Bacteria on the Leaching of Lowgrade Ni-CU Ore by Different Isolates of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

The Use of Sphagnum moss plates and white birch (betula papyrifera) leaves to monitor metal deposition in the vicinity of Sudbury, Ontario (Jill O'Hara - Biology Department, Laurentian University)

Multi-Dimensional System Modeling in Anthropogenically Impacted Ecosystems (François Prévost - MIRARCO Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University)

Particulate Chemistry and Morphology in Snow and Snow Pack Within the Sudbury Smelter Footprint (Jaqueline Richard - Centre for Environmental Monitoring, MIRAROC, Laurentian University)

Influence of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil on Plant Biomass Turnover (Department of Biology, Laurentian University)

Potential Soil Amendments for Acid Generating Waste Rock (Carman Stevens - Department of Biology, Laurentian University)

Speciation and Movement of Arsenic in the Soils of Sudbury, Ontario (Dana Willson - MIRARCO, Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University)

updated:  July 04, 2003