TY - JOUR T1 - Livestock and vegetative performance on reclaimed and nonmined rangeland in North Dakota JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 41 LP - 44 VL - 36 IS - 1 AU - L. Hofmann AU - R. E. Ries AU - R. J. Lorenz Y1 - 1981/01/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/36/1/41.abstract N2 - A major test of whether land strip-mined for coal has been successfully reclaimed is how the land's post-mining productivity and use compare with the productivity and use of similar, nonmined land. Among the criteria for making such a comparison are animal performance, vegetative production, vegetative composition and diversity, and plant and canopy cover. The relationship of plant and canopy cover to predicted soil loss is important also. A comparison of such data from a reclaimed site near Center, North Dakota, with similar data from nonmined sites showed productivity on the reclaimed site to be comparable to that on nonmined land, thus indicating effective reclamation. ER -