On Ravaged Tar Sands Lands, Big Challenges for Reclamation

On Ravaged Tar Sands Lands, Big Challenges for Reclamation,
March 27, 2014,
By Ed Struzik, Canadian author & photographer,
Yale Environment 360,

The mining of Canada's tar sands has destroyed large areas of sensitive wetlands in Alberta. Oil sands companies have vowed to reclaim this land, but little restoration has occurred so far and many scientists say it is virtually impossible to rebuild these complex ecosystems.