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Students took a hike to Fillmore Canyon in the Organ
Mountains to look at the abandoned mine site & discussed mine closure,
remediation and reclamation of mined lands.
Mr. Vernon Maldonado (OSM) lectured on the fundamentals of hydrology as it relates to
surface mining and reclamation. The class discussed the effects of surface mining
such as water quality from acid mine drainage and sedimentation from soil erosion.
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A view from the bottom of Fillmore Canyon
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