RESTORATION FOLLOWING STRIP MINING OF WYOMING PRAIRIE
FIGURE 9.31 Prior to mining, the undisturbed landscape in the Powder River Basin consisted of rolling hills covered mainly with sage brush and grasses. Strip mining removed all the topsoil and vegetation, but restoration has been remarkably successful in creating productive wildlife grazing areas like this tract of restored grassland.
(Bruce Gordon/EcoFlight) (Lee Buchsbaum)