Kansas.
For the fourth time since August 2004, Johnson County commissioners have delayed action on a limestone quarry near De Soto. Commissioners recently agreed to table the to give land reclamation experts hired by the board and the mining company more time to draft a plan to reclaim the 810-acre...

Reclamation, Part 2: to the next level. (E&T Reclamation).
Last month, in "Reclamation, Part 1: The Bare Minimum," we examined basic reclamation--returning land to its natural state and making mined-out sites safe for the community. This month, we look at projects that take reclamation to the next level--providing everything from land for residential and commercial development...

A sound and dust decision: a California quarry finds that installing sound and dust barriers helps eliminate community barriers at the same time. (Crushing).
At Hanson Aggregates' San Marcos quarry operations in San Marcos, Calif., the company erected sound and dust barriers at the quarry to eliminate potential barriers between it and the local residents. The results have been positive to say the least. Hanson has a good reputation for being...

Illinois.
Representatives of the Illinois road-construction and design industry met with IDOT Secretary Tim Martin to discuss the implications of Gov. Rod Blagoevich's proposed $1.7 billion FY 2004 capital budget for IDOT, a massive reduction in the size of the program. The Illinois Association of Aggregates Producers reports that the...

Reclamation, Part I: the bare minimum; returning the land to nature is the least an aggregate producer can do--and by law must do--after a site has been mined out. (E&T Reclamation).
No matter where in the country an aggregate producer is operating, chances are the site is regulated by state and local laws governing reclamation. More than 20 years have passed since Congress instituted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977. The act requires coal mining...

Geology and geography.
Chair: James Starnes, MS Department of Environmental Quality Vice-chair: George Phillips, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks THURSDAY MORNING Juniper O5.01 9:00 MINING IN STREAMS: POLICY QUESTIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI Michael B. E. Bograd Mississippi Office...

My fair Sadie: Allan Sherman and a paradox of American Jewish culture.
In a 1993 essay entitled The Paradoxes of American Jewish Culture, Stephen J. Whitfield found no shortage of them, including the following: "[The] American Jewish subculture looks drab in the light of an American culture that Jews have helped to energize, a mass culture that has dazzled the world....

Chestnut redux.
The American chestnut is poised for a comeback with a high-profile planting this summer in Washington, but a Purdue University researcher warns "there is a whole new set of obstacles to get past" before the tree again covers the American landscape. A blight in the mid-1900s all...

Rentech, the Wilds Team to Study Impacts on Ecosystem of Growing Non-Food Energy Crops.
ENERGY RESOURCE-15 May 2008-Rentech, the Wilds Team to Study Impacts on Ecosystem of Growing Non-Food Energy Crops(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Rentech Inc. has entered into an agreement to collaborate with the Wilds, one of the largest and most innovative wildlife conservation centers in the world, to study...

CORRECTION: Rentech, the Wilds Team to Study Impacts on Ecosystem of Growing Non-Food Energy Crops.
ENERGY RESOURCE-15 May 2008-CORRECTION: Rentech, the Wilds Team to Study Impacts on Ecosystem of Growing Non-Food Energy Crops(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Rentech Inc. has entered into an agreement to collaborate with the Wilds, one of the largest and most innovative wildlife conservation centers in the world, to...