North Beulah study area report
Subtitle: resource & potential reclamation evaluation
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Montana State Office; Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Department of the Interior. Water and Power Resources Service; Federal Coal Management Program (U.S.)
Series: [Report] -- no. 29-79; Report (United States. Bureau of Land Management) -- no. 29-79.
Publisher: Bureau of Reclamation; Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Billings, Mont
Language: eng
Subjects: Strip mining; Coal mines and mining; Environmental aspects; Reclamation of land
Other titles: North Beulah study area :; Resource and potential reclamation evaluation of the North Beulah study area :
Description: "The purpose of this investigation was to collect baseline data for establishing reclamation objectives and lease stipulations. The data consisted of geology, overburden, climate, and physiography. Geologic investigations in the study area consisted of drilling three core holes. Samples collected from stratigraphic units were analyzed in the laboratory to determine suitability of overburden materials for use as supplementary plant media in reconstructed profiles. A land classification survey was not performed in this study area. However, soils are assumed to be similar to those investigated in the adjacent Beulah Trench Study Area. As such, most soils should yield a minimum of 12 inches of good quality topsoil that is nonsaline, nonsodic, and permeable. Subsoil material should, in most cases, be of adequate quantity and quality for reconstructing a desirable root zone. The climatic regime in this area appears conducive to the production of native grasses and small grains. The moisture available to plants from snowmelt and spring precipitation is usually adequate or germination and establishment. In general, the potential for restoring surface-mined land in the North Beulah Study Area to a condition capable of supporting the present uses (rangeland, hayland, cropland) appears good to excellent."
Notes: Cover title.

"YA-BLM-PT-81-006-7330"--Preliminary page.

"Prepared in cooperation with Geological Survey"--Preliminary page.

"June 1981"--Preliminary page.

"Contract No. YA-515-1A9-3"--Preliminary page.

"This report is prepared in accordance with Section 4 of the Agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Water and Power Resources Service [formerly the Bureau of Reclamation] dated May 7, 1974, and Work Order Number YA-515-IA9-3 dated January 22, 1979"--Page 1.

Formerly known as: EMRIA report.

Includes bibliographical references (page 15).