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\"\"Red Hill Mine Safeguard Project:<\/strong>
NAAMLP Hardrock Safeguarding Award 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Red Hill safeguarding project in Sierra County, New Mexico consisted of safeguarding 29 abandoned
hard-rock mine features in a heavily-used outdoor recreational trail area and was completed \u00a0January of 2025. The mine features were primarily located on BLM land in extremely rugged terrain. A variety of safeguarding techniques were utilized including polyurethane foam plugs, horizontal and vertical bat gates\/grates, a bat cupola, a boulder barrier, and large culvert closures to maintain wildlife habitat access into the workings. The
project area serves as a popular offroad destination with visitors from all over the United States visiting each year, including the Chile Challenge 4×4 off-highway vehicle (OHV)
event every fall.<\/p>\n

Project nomination<\/a>
Press Release<\/a>
Project Photos<\/p>\n

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\"\"Gallup Coal Fire Mitigation Project:
OSMRE Small Project Award 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gallup Coal Fire Mitigation Project, constructed by Runyan Construction, extinguished two coal mine fires in a project near Gallup, New Mexico. The Enterprise-Brown fire was burning within 100ft of the recently constructed Navajo-Gallup Water Supply pipeline – a 300-mile-long water supply pipeline for the Eastern Navajo Nation and nearby communities. The Enterprise-Brown fire was also located within 900 feet of a residential neighborhood. Both fires were located adjacent to recreational trails frequently used by the public for hiking and off-road recreation.<\/p>\n

New Mexico AML collaborated with the engineering firm Tetra Tech who designed the fire mitigation and assisted the Program with construction observation services. The project, which involved excavating and quenching the burning coal material followed by surface restoration and reclamation, took place between July 9 \u2013 August 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

Project nomination<\/a>
Press Release<\/a>
OSMRE video<\/a>
Project Photos<\/p>\n

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Tin Pan Canyon Gob Reclamation Project: OSMRE Small Project Award 2024<\/h3>\n

The Tin Pan Canyon Gob Reclamation Project, constructed by San Isidro Permaculture, reclaimed two coal gob (waste) piles in a project near Raton, New Mexico. The abandoned piles had very little vegetation despite being undisturbed for almost one hundred years.\u00a0 The coal gob was eroding into a nearby stream channel that leads to the Canadian River. In the fall of 2020, the New Mexico AML Program created a project to hand excavate terraces into the coal pile hillsides and install straw bales to slow and infiltrate rainfall. The area behind the terraces was incorporated with compost, wood chips, gypsum and organic fertilizer. San Isidro Permaculture worked tirelessly constructing the terraces and planting seedlings through COVID restrictions and winter conditions.<\/p>\n

Project nomination<\/a>
\nPress Release<\/a>
\nOSMRE video<\/a>
\nStoryMap of the Project<\/a>
\nProject Photos<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Swastika Mine and Dutchman Canyon Maintenance and Stream Restoration Project:
OSMRE Small Project Award 2023<\/h3>\n

The Swastika Mine and Dutchman Canyon Maintenance and Stream Restoration Project, designed by Oxbow Ecological Engineering and constructed by Sweatt Construction, mitigated storm damage to a stream channel reconfigured in 2012.\u00a0 The new design keeps high flows from scouring buried coal waste in the stream banks and allows sediments to settle out and support vegetative growth. The project also addressed gullying in the surrounding upland areas with the addition of one-rock check dams and media lunas.<\/p>\n

Project nomination<\/a>
Press Release<\/a>
OSMRE video<\/a>
StoryMap of the Project<\/a>
Project Photos<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Cookes Peak Mine Safeguard Project:
NAAMLP Hardrock Safeguarding Award 2022<\/h3>\n

The Cookes Peak Mine Safeguard Project was a collaboration between the New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management \u2013 Las Cruces District Office. The project entailed seven phases of construction that took place between 2014 and 2021, safeguarding more than 291 hazardous mine openings. These features were abandoned long ago and included adits, shafts, stopes, highwalls, and other dangerous conditions left over by legacy mining.<\/p>\n

Project nomination<\/a>
Press Release<\/a>
Cookes Peak Mining District Location<\/a>
Project Photos<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Swastika Mine and Dutchman Canyon Reclamation Project:
OSMRE Western Region Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program completed the Swastika Mine and Dutchman Canyon Reclamation Project in 2013. A century of coal mining near the town of Raton, New Mexico left behind steep gob (waste) piles adjacent to a channelized ephemeral stream. The reclamation project entailed moving and contouring the exposed coal gob into geomorphic contours that blended with the surrounding natural terrain and capping it with soil. The stream was reconfigured from a straight channel into a sinuous configuration, while adding 300 feet to its length. And a ranch road that ran along the straightened channel was rerouted and engineered with proper grading and culvert crossings. At the nearby Dutchman Canyon Mine, a wetland was created to treat rerouted drainage water before it was released into the channel.<\/p>\n

Project nomination<\/a>
Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mountain\"Madrid Low-Impact Stormwater Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Madrid Low-Impact Stormwater Project won the U.S Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Western Region Award<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

Award nomination document<\/a>
Award nomination video<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"LakeLake Valley Mine Safeguard Projects<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The compilation of four mine safeguarding projects at Lake Valley won the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s National Award in 2015.
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\"HardingHarding Pegmatite Mine Safeguard Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Harding Pegmatite Mine Safeguard Project won the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs Small Project Award in 2013.
Summary and Photographs<\/a>
NAAMLP Award (2013)<\/strong><\/a>
BLM Award (2014)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Yankee-VukonichYankee-Vukonich Coal Reclamation Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Yankee-Vukonich Coal Reclamation Project won the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation National Award (Category II) in 2008.
Summary and Photographs<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"RealReal de Dolores Mine Safeguard Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Real de Dolores Mine Safeguard Project won the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation National Award in 2007.
Presentation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"CerrillosCerrillos South Mine Safeguarding Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Cerrillos South Mine Safeguarding Project won the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Western Regional Award in 2004.<\/p>\n

The Cerrillos Mining District is one of the oldest in the country.
Paper<\/strong><\/a>
Presentation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"SugariteSugarite Coal Mine Reclamation Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Sugarite Gob Reclamation Project won both the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Western Regional Award and People’s Choice Award in 2002.\u00a0\u00a0 Summary and Photographs<\/a>The steep slopes on which these coal gob piles were located made this a challenging reclamation project.
Presentation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"SocorroSocorro West Mine Safeguarding Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Socorro West Mine Safeguarding Project won the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Western Regional Award in 1999. Located outside Socorro, New Mexico this project reclaimed 24 abandoned mine shafts, adits, and stope openings while preserving a highly significant bat habitat in the mine workings. Because the mine workings were home to a large population of bats, gates were constructed that allow ventilation and bat entry, but keep people safely out. The hibernating populations of Townsend’s big-eared bats have increased steadily since the mine features were protected with bat-compatible closures. The recovery of the bat populations at this abandoned mine site is a direct result of the well designed bat compatible closures applied to the mine openings.
Award Nomination<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"GageGage Mine Safeguarding Project<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Gage Mine Safeguarding Project won the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation National Award in 1994. The Gage Mining district is located in southwestern New Mexico.
Award Nomination<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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