MIMICKING FIRE FOR POST-MINING RESTORATION SUCCESS

This study is based at Rocky Canyon Quarry (RCQ), a 200-acre granite aggregate open-pit quarry with chaparral-dominated plant communities located in San Luis Obispo County, CA. At RCQ, the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) of 1975 was interpreted as restoring the landscape to native plant c...

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Main Author: Wilkin, Katherine M
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2009
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/157
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1165&context=theses