Table of Contents

1 Impacts of Mining on Rivers by Paul Koberstein

3 From the President

5 Coal Mining: Bringing the Mountains Down by Margaret Janes

8  CASE STUDY: Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines on Decker Creek by Evan Hanson

9  Hard Rock Mining: The Golden Age of River Conservation by Bonnie Gerstring

11 CASE STUDY: Protecting the Red River from Acid mine Drainage by Brian Shields

13 Voices from the Field

18  Guidelines for Aggregate Mining

19  Strategies for Fighting CBM by Steve Jones

21  CASE STUDY: Coalbed Methane Development Threatens Native Prairie River by Jill Morrison

22  Resources & References

23  River Network Partnership