ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION AWARD WINNERS

	Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award Winners

Following is a list of state reclamation programs and individuals that have received Office of Surface Mining reclamation awards.

2004 Awards

Regional Awards

Neds Branch Impoundment, West Virginia (Appalachian Region)
Coles Creek Project, Indiana (Mid-Continent Region)
Cerrillos South Mine Safeguard Project, New Mexico (Western Region) National Award Neds Branch Impoundment, West Virginia People's Choice Award Snake River Gravel Pit Project, Wyoming

2003 Awards

Regional Awards

Taylor Creek Impoundment, West Virginia (Appalachian Region)
Victory Mine, Site 82, Indiana (Mid-Continent Region)
Cove 3 Project, Navajo Reservation (Western Region) National Award Taylor Creek Impoundment, West Virginia People's Choice Award Cove 3 Project, Navajo Reservation

25^th Anniversary Awards (Presented in 2002)

Regional Awards

Kempton Coal Waste Stabilization and Doser Installation Project, Maryland (Appalachian Region)
Sunshine Mine Reclamation Project, Indiana (Mid-Continent Region)
Sugarite Canyon Coal Mine Reclamation Project, New Mexico (Western Region) National Award Sunshine Mine Reclamation Project, Indiana People's Choice Award Sugarite Canyon Coal Mine Reclamation Project, New Mexico Special Engineer of the Year Award John Kretzmann, Chief Design and Project Engineer with the New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Bureau

2001 Awards

Regional Awards

Vindex Reclamation Project, Maryland (Appalachian Region)
West Huntington Joint Reclamation Project, Arkansas (Mid-Continent Region)
Sunnyside Project, Utah (Western Region) National Award Vindex Reclamation Project, Maryland People's Choice Award Sunnyside Project, Utah

2000 Awards

Regional Awards

Pleasant View Mine Project, Kentucky (Appalachian Region)
Midwestern Reclamation Project, Indiana (Mid-Continent Region)
Carrizo 1 Reclamation Project, Navajo Reservation, Arizona and New Mexico (Western Region) National Award Pleasant View Mine Project, Kentucky People's Choice Award Midwestern Reclamation Project, Indiana

1999 Awards

Regional Awards

Blackwater River Limestone Drum Station, West Virginia (Appalachian Region)
Oklahoma Partnership Approach to Reclamation of Abandoned Mine Land, Oklahoma (Mid-Continent Region)
Socorro West, New Mexico (Western Region) National Award Monument Valley 2 AML Reclamation Project, Navajo Reservation

1998 Awards

Regional Awards

Muddy Creek East Project, Pennsylvania (Appalachian Region)
Poffenbarger Project, Iowa (Mid-Continent Region)
Sunrise Mining District Project, Wyoming (Western Region) National Award Long Fork Sedimentation Project, Virginia

20th Anniversary Awards (Presented in 1997)

Regional Awards

Upper Lehigh Project, Pennsylvania (Appalachian Region)
ALCOA Project, Texas (Mid-Continent Region)
Silver Reef Project, Utah (Western Region) National Award Upper Lehigh Project, Pennsylvania

1995 Awards Awards were not presented in 1995 due to budget cuts.

1994 Awards (Presented in 1995) Aladdin Coal Tipple Interpretive Site, Wyoming
Summit Reclamation Project, Utah
City of Mines Project - Independence Mine and Mill, Colorado
Gage Mine Safeguard Project, New Mexico
Middle Fork Duck Creek Watershed Project, Ohio
Rattlesnake Reclamation Project, Tennessee
North Fork Watershed Project, Virginia
Rock Springs Subsidence Abatement and Public Utility Repair, Wyoming Director's Award (Elimination of acid mine drainage)
Meadow Creek Project, Tennessee

1993 Awards (Presented in 1994) Harrison County Road 51 Project, Ohio
Shirley Basin Uranium District, Wyoming
Adrian Southeast Project, Pennsylvania
Eckhart Coal Waste Stabilization, Maryland
Colorado Bats/Inactive Mines Project, Colorado
Tintic Project, Utah
Richmond Shafts Project, Virginia
Rush Run Portals Project, West Virginia
Crook County Bentonite Project, Wyoming

1992 Awards (Presented in 1993) Boonville Hospital RAMP Project, Indiana
Coppermine Abandoned Mine Project, Navajo Reservation
Gay Branch Gob Pile Project, Virginia
Lead and Zinc Mine Sites Reclamation Project, Illinois
Ocean Refuse Removal Project, Maryland
Pine Creek Mine Shafts Project, West Virginia
Pyramid Coal Company Reclamation Project, Illinois
Shiloh Reclamation Project, Arkansas
Veca Pit and Spoils Project, Wyoming
White Oak Four Reclamation Project, Ohio

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