Reclamation

CBA Ltd. is working to assist mining companies in the revegetation of various disturbed and degraded mine soils and mine tailings during both their operation and closure stages.  Through innovative and applied research, using both field and greenhouse trials, CBA Ltd. aims to identify the most successful and cost-effective methods for re-establishing native plant assemblages and forest cover on mined lands. In Northern B.C, factors such as short growing seasons and shallow soils pose significant limitations to revegetation efforts and often, only native plants adapted to these harsh conditions can thrive; but these native plants are very poorly studied.  CBA Ltd. is conducting ongoing research with various native plant species adapted to these northern environments in order to provide mining developments with successful revegetation practices and promote stewardship of the landscape and its multiple resources.

In the summer of 2008, CBA Ltd. began conducting reclamation research at Huckleberry Mines to assist in its efforts to meet the sites reclamation objectives outlined in their closure plans. The focus of the research has been on the following three initiatives: 1) effectiveness monitoring of vegetation and analysis of mine soil properties within revegetation test plots, 2) revegetation of inactive areas of the mine site and 3) the collection and preparation of seeds from local native plant species.