The cover photos are of the Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company’s Ridgeway Gold Mine in Fairfield, South Carolina.
The site was the recipient of the 2007 Interstate Mining Compact Commission’s Kenes C. Bowling Annual National Reclamation
Award in the Noncoal Category. Following is a description of the photos (from left to right): Top Row: South Pit Lake in
1996; South Pit Lake in 2006; Constructed Wetlands Channel. Center Row: Crusher Ramp and Haul Road in 1999;
Crusher Ramp and Haul Road in 2005; Audubon Society Members at BirdLife International Bird Count
in Ridgeway Mine Wetlands. Bottom Row: South Pit Lake and Tailings Facility in 2000; Tailings Facility Grassland Prairie
Closure Cover in 2007; Northern Harrier Hunting Over Tailings Closure Cover Grassland Prairie.
