Vegetation Recovery on Abandoned Oil And Gas Well Sites Is Variable on Colorado Plateau

ENN
Feb 13, 2019, 8:48 am51 pts
Recovery of vegetation on plugged and abandoned oil and gas well sites on the Colorado Plateau is influenced by time, moisture, nonnative plants and the type of plant community that was originally in place before well sites were constructed, according to a recently published study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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