A mine along the Lower Colorado river has been preserved for bat habitat. A team of BLM resource specialists evaluated the mine for its historic, biological, and geologic values. The entrence into the mine has been reconstructed with a "lagged" wildlife-friendly bat gate.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)- Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program  projects  have increased during recent years, Due to the funding  given to the AML program. For example, BLM-AML program received over $8.75 million dollars through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The ARRA financed: • 20 AML Physical projects • 170 physical safety hazard features were closed • 6 environmental projects Approximately 500 projects were completed during the fiscal years of 2006-2010 on California BLM public lands. Over 2,000 features were inventoried, and site characterizations were accomplished on 1,800 sites. AML projects continue to increase over the years however, BLM’s AML program continues to achieve their objective to improve California’s public lands

  

AML Program Performance:

The AML program has mitigated over 1,680 safety hazards since 2005.

Workload Reporte Per Fiscal Year

 

Fiscal Year	Inventory Sites	Remediate Physical Safety Hazards	Remediate Water Quality Projects	Monitoring and Maintenance
2005	22	27	7	19
2006	108	98	49	10
2007	101	120	0	8
2008	146	95	2	11
2009	161	124	1	7
2010	1080	293	48	20
Total	1680	757	107	75