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BYU graduate student Amber Johnson checks for new sprouts in a lab on the BYU campus in Provo on June 25, 2021. Rio Tinto Kennecott and Brigham Young University researchers are joining forces to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to improve reclamation at the Bingham Canyon Mine. In June 2020, a group of students and professors from the BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences broke ground on four research projects on land areas surrounding the mine with the goal to increase plant diversity, stability and enhance the aesthetics of areas visible from the Salt Lake Valley.
Annie Barker, Deseret News
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Rio Tinto Kennecott, BYU researchers partner to improve reclamation at Bingham
Students’ reclamation work at Bingham Canyon. Image from Rio Tinto Kennecott.
Rio Tinto Kennecott and Brigham Young University (BYU) researchers are joining forces to develop sustainable solutions to improve reclamation at the Bingham Canyon Mine.
In June 2020, a group of students and professors from the BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences broke ground on four research projects on land areas surrounding the mine with the goal to increase plant diversity, stability and enhance the aesthetics of areas visible from the Salt Lake Valley.
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