25th Anniversary of the Surface Mining Law

25 Years of Progress, 1977-2002. A report on the protection and restoration of the Nation's land and water resources under the Surface Mining Law. This non-technical illustrated booklet describes the Surface Mining Law, its implementation, and includes both active and abandoned mine land reclamation case studies showing on-the-ground achievements. The report also includes a summary of regulatory and abandoned mine land statistics for the 25-year period. (44 pages, printed in color)

Keep Out Old Mines brochure

Old mines can be dangerous. Each year people are injured and killed while exploring abandoned surface and underground mines. This brochure warns of the dangers associated with abandoned mines. In addition, it describes some of the hazards and provides information to citizens so the location of these mines can be reported to the Office of Surface Mining.

OSM at a Glance

Reforestation and Mine Land Reclamation booklet