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anvironmental assesment projects

Many Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology projects address assessment of and human impact on Montana's natural resources.

Below are current Bureau projects and contact information for project managers.

  • Acid mine-drainage mitigation through land-use changes and source control at an abandoned underground coal mine, Belt (Ted Duaime 406.496.4157)
  • Inventory of placer mining operations in western MontanaAbandoned Mine Lands
  • Ground-water monitoring of flooding underground mines and the Berkeley Pit Berkeley Pit/Butte Mine Flooding
  • Upper Clark Fork River Basin Restoration Fund Grant, Natural Resource Damage Program (Ted Duaime 406.496.4157)
  • Screening for Organic Wastewater Compounds (OWC) Groundwater, Streams, and Wastewaters (Gary Icopini 406.496.4841)
    • GLWQD/MBMG
      • OWCs in surface and ground waters of Gallatin County
    • Water Center Grant
      • OWCs in surface and ground waters Summit Valley
  • Bureau of Reclamation
    • Ground-water/surface-water interactions in the Beaverhead Valley, Montana (Ginette Abdo, 406.496.4152)
  • Silver Bow County Geology and Geologic Hazards (Colleen Elliot, 406.496.4143)
    • Provide baseline geologic data for pre-disaster planning in Silver Bow County, as required by FEMA
    • Increase public awareness of natural hazards
    • Use new geologic information to refine understanding of SW Montana history
  • Impacts of Oil Exploration and Production to Wetlands in Northeast Montana’s Glaciated Terrains (Jon Reiten, 406.657.2630)
  • Mouat Chromium Waste Repository (Stillwater Co.) Long-Term Monitoring (Ted Duaime 406.496.4157)
  • Mouat Chromium Waste Repository-IC Review (Ted Duaime 406.496.4157)
  • Belt 3-D GIS Model and Source Control (Ted Duaime 406.496.4157)
  • Coal mine reclamation research on recovery of the hydrogeologic systems (Elizabeth Meredith 406.657.2929).
    • Return of groundwater levels after strip mining and spoils aquifer productivity
    • Water quality recovery within the spoils aquifer
  • Coalbed methane groundwater monitoring and research (Elizabeth Meredith 406.657.2929).
    • Annual evaluation of changes in groundwater related to CBM production
    • Research into specific questions such as fate and chemistry of discharged water