Aerial photo of the now-reclaimed Kanab North uranium mine and nearby Kanab Creek draining towards the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. October 2012. Photo credit: Jon Mason , USGS .
Small mammal trapping at Kanab North Mine (under reclamation). July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine sign. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil-profile core sample at reclaimed Kanab North mine. November 2018. Photo credit: Brian Andraski , USGS .
Measuring amount of collected soil core in core liner. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Extracting soil core from partially reclaimed Kanab North mine site. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Extracting soil core in liner from core barrel. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Driving soil core barrel during soil core collection. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Retrieving soil core liner from core barrel. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Driving soil coring device, Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Measuring depth of penetration of soil coring device at partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Retrieving soil core in core liner at partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Collecting soil core on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Collecting soil core on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Collared lizard (Crotaphytus sp.), possibly Great Basin Collared Lizard near Kanab North mine..
Horny toad (Phrynosoma sp.), near Kanab North mine..
View across Kanab Creek Canyon near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS and BLM scientists cleaning sampling equipment, near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil samples, near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil samples, Kanab North mine, sunrise. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientist collecting soil sample at partially reclaimed Kanab North mine, during sunrise. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
View across Kanab Creek Canyon near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil samples near Kanab North mine, looking down into Kanab Creek Canyon. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientist collecting soil samples near Kanab North mine, looking down into Kanab Creek Canyon. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientist collecting soil samples on haul road into Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists processing soil samples near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil samples on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil samples on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
USGS scientists collecting soil samples near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
View across Kanab Creek Canyon, near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .
Conducting experimental seeding experiments at the Kanab North mine using a rangeland drill with help from local NRCS staff. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Testing soil aggregate stability in water at the Kanab North Mine restoration experiment. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Weather station and field crews collecting vegetation data at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Kanab North Mine restoration experiment. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Horizontal aeolian sediment collectors at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Biological soil crust inoculated surviving after one year at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Seeded species germinating in connectivity modifier at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .
Saltcedar near the Kanab North mine pond collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.
Needle and thread grass at Kanab North mine collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.
US Geological Survey staff watering in biological soil crust experimental treatments at the Kanab North Mine. October 2017. Photo credit: Becky Mann .
Saltcedar near the Kanab North mine pond collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.
Needle and thread grass at Kanab North mine collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.