The Overlooked Terrestrial Impacts of Mountaintop Mining

James Wickham; Petra Bohall Wood; Matthew C. Nicholson; William Jenkins; Daniel Druckenbrod; Glenn W. Suter; Michael P. Strager; Christine Mazzarella; Walter Galloway; John Amos

doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.7

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1 May 2013 The Overlooked Terrestrial Impacts of Mountaintop Mining

James Wickham, Petra Bohall Wood, Matthew C. Nicholson, William Jenkins, Daniel Druckenbrod, Glenn W. Suter, Michael P. Strager, Christine Mazzarella, Walter Galloway, John Amos

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James Wickham,¹ Petra Bohall Wood,² Matthew C. Nicholson,³ William Jenkins,³ Daniel Druckenbrod,⁴ Glenn W. Suter,⁵ Michael P. Strager,⁶ Christine Mazzarella,³ Walter Galloway,⁷ John Amos⁸

¹James Wickham ( ) is affiliated with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. wickham.james@epa.gov
²Petra Bohall Wood is affiliated with the US Geological Survey's West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, at West Virginia University in Morgantown.
³Matthew C. Nicholson, William Jenkins, and Christine Mazzarella are affiliated with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴Daniel Druckenbrod is affiliated with the Department of Geological, Environmental, and Marine Sciences at Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
⁵Glenn W. Suter is affiliated with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁶Michael P. Strager is affiliated with the Division of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University, in Morgantown.
⁷Walter Galloway is affiliated with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
⁸John Amos is affiliated with SkyTruth, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

BioScience, 63(5):335-348 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.7

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Ecological research on mountaintop mining has been focused on aquatic impacts because the overburden (i.e., the mountaintop) is disposed of in nearby valleys, which leads to a wide range of water-quality impacts on streams. There are also numerous impacts on the terrestrial environment from mountaintop mining that have been largely overlooked, even though they are no less wide ranging, severe, and multifaceted. We review the impacts of mountaintop mining on the terrestrial environment by exploring six broad themes: (1) the loss of topographic complexity, (2) forest loss and fragmentation, (3) forest succession and soil loss, (4) forest loss and carbon sequestration, (5) biodiversity, and (6) human health and well-being.

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James Wickham, Petra Bohall Wood, Matthew C. Nicholson, William Jenkins, Daniel Druckenbrod, Glenn W. Suter, Michael P. Strager, Christine Mazzarella, Walter Galloway, and John Amos "The Overlooked Terrestrial Impacts of Mountaintop Mining," BioScience 63(5), 335-348, (1 May 2013). https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.7

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