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Offices Nationwide 800.365.2324 www.cecinc.com reclamation IN THIS ISSUE matters is published by DEL Communications Inc. www.delcommunications.com Message from the ASRS president, Dustin Wasley, P.E. ........................................8 PRESIDENT / PUBLISHER David Langstaff Message from the editor, Jeff Skousen ....................................................................10 MANAGING EDITOR Meet an Early Career professional! ...........................................................................12 Shayna Wiwierski [email protected] 2020 ASRS Professional Award Winners...............................................................14 SALES MANAGER Dayna Oulion 2020 ASRS Memorial Scholarship Award Winners .............................................18 [email protected] SALES REPRESENTATIVES The beginning of Reclamation Matters ....................................................................20 Corey Frazer Colin James Establishing small trees and shrubs on Ross James mined lands using the Forestry Reclamation approach ....................................... 24 Production serVICES S.G. 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Opinions and recommendations made by contributors or advertisers are not necessarily those of the publisher, its directors, officers or employees. Publications Mail Agreement #40934510 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: DEL Communications Inc. Suite 300, 6 Roslyn Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 0G5 Email: [email protected] PRINTED IN CANADA | 09/2020 6 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RECLAMATION SCIENCES FAST, ACCURATE, RELIABLE The Only Reclamation Cost Estimation Tool You Need The Reclamation Cost Estimator is an engineering-based program that uses your project and site parameters to estimate the equipment, labor, supply, and administrative costs associated with mine site reclamation. 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The program is designed to estimate the costs of a multitude of common reclamation tasks, including: CLOSURES EARTHWORK DISPOSAL > Adits > Excavate/Stockpile > Vehicles > Shafts > Excavate/Load/Haul/Dump > Machinery > Drill Holes > Load/Haul/Dump > Solid & Liquid Waste > Leach Pads > Slope Reduction > Ponds & Impoundments > Road Rehabilitation MONITORING > Pumping > Spreading & Contouring > Fine Grading > Well Construction > Sample Collection & Analysis DEMOLITION SITE-WORK > Buildings PLANTING & SEEDING > Foundations > Fence Installation > Pavement > Soil Stabilization > Seed > Culverts & Pipes > Armoring > Live Plant > Fencing > Scarifying > Soil Amendment CONTACT US FOR A DEMO TODAY [email protected] +1 509 328 8023 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Greetings from the Northwest BY DUSTIN WASLEY, P.E., PRESIDENT OF ASRS think it is safe to say that we have had in Spokane, WA in 2016, serving on the We are in the third year of implementing an interesting 2020, one none of us national executive committee (NEC) and our strategic plan. The remaining will forget. the strategic planning subcommittee, and focus areas are expanding and growing I Founded in 1973, our society has now as president. membership, implementing the branding campaign, revamping our technical evolved and changed over the years from This is the first year we have not held our divisions (TDs), assessing our journal our first inception as an advisory council annual meeting since the 1984 inaugural name (JASMR), and investing in our early in West Virginia, to now the American meeting in Owensboro, WY. While this career professionals (ECPs) and students. Society of Reclamation Sciences (ASRS), was disappointing to myself and many which extends internationally. others, it was necessary given travel Membership has fluctuated over the My first involvement with ASRS limitations and health concerns across years. Since 2013, membership has (then ASMR) was attending the 2013 the U.S. and world. 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