Recipients of the Tony Milligan Annual Book Award for practical paper the previous year:
| 2024 Winner:
Dean Mackenzie for “Forest surface soil management from textbook to operations” at the Prince George, BC Symposium in 2023. |
| 2023 Winner:
Tim Poulton and Colleen Hughes for their paper, “Copper Mountain Mine Wolfe Creek fish habitat offsetting plan effectiveness monitoring” presented at the 45th BC Mine Reclamation Symposium in Kimberley, BC in 2022. |
| 2022 Winner:
“Applications for remote sensing by unmanned aerial vehicles in reclamation monitoring,” by Jeff Anderson, Melissa Iverson and Ben Pearse of Integral Ecology Group |
| 2021 Winner:
“Development of a soil water balance-based model for predicting ecosystem occurrence on post-closure landforms”. by Trevor Baker, Justin Straker and Max Ryan of Integral Ecology Group |
| 2020 Winner:
Geochemical Challenges Associated with Water Treatment at Abandoned or Neglected Mines in Southeast Yukon by Dustin Rainey of the Yukon Government. |
| 2019 Winner:
“A community-based approach to End Land Use planning at Highland Valley Copper” by Natalie Melaschenko and Tamlyn Botel for authors of Melaschenko, N.; Dickson, J.; Berg, K.; Straker, J. 2018 |
| 2018 Winner:
The winner was Michelle Harris for her paper entitled “Impacts of One Time Biosolids and Fertilizer Application on Long-Term Metal and Nutrient Concentrations on Two Tailings Ponds in the BC Southern Interior” by author’s Michelle Harris, Wendy Gardner and Tom Pypker. |
| 2017 Winner
No Symposium due to BC fires |
| 2016 Winner:
“Impacts of One Time Biosolids and Fertilizer Application on Long-Term Metal and Nutrient Concentrations on Two Tailings Ponds in the BC Southern Interior“, by M.E. Phillips, W.G. Gardner, T.G. Pypker, Thompson Rivers University Kamloops |
| 2015 Winner:
“Developing an effective native tree and shrub planting program at Teck Coal Ltd.’s Elkview operations.” by John Przeczek, Pryzm Environmental and Lanny Amos, Teck Coal Ltd. |
| 2014 Winner:
“Use of Ecological Risk Assessment to Guide Remediation at Teck’s Pinchi Lake Mercury Mine“ Winning paper by Patrick Allard, Randy Baker, Cheryl Mackintosh, Azimuth Consulting Group Partnership |
| 2013 Winner (article)
Establishment of a Trial to Test Direct Seeding of Lodgepole Pine at Gibraltar Mine” by Becky Bravi, Terraforma and Bill Chapman, FLNRO and presented in 2012 |
| 2012 Winner (article)
Kemess South Mine Reclamation and Closure Written by: Georgia Lysay, Jennifer McConnachie, Carolyn Johns and Jordan Evans and presented in 2010 |
| 2011 Not awarded as the Symposium was held jointly with ACG Mine Closure in Lake Louise, Alberta |
2010 Winner (article)
Cultural Keystone Species in Oil Sands Mine Reclamation, Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada Written by: Justin Straker and Ann Garibaldi |
2009 Winner (article)
Testing Landscape Modeling Approaches for Environmental Impact Assessment of Mining Land Use on Grizzly Bears (Ursus Arctos Horribilis) in the Foothills Region of West Central Alberta Written by: Marc Symbaluk |
2008 Winner (article)
Implementing Programs to Improve Gold Recovery and Reduce Environmental Impacts by Artisanal Gold Mining in Brazil Written by: Rodolfo Neiva Sousa and Marcello M. Veiga |
| 2007 Winner
Mercury Concentrations in Fish Eating Birds from the Pinchi lake Area in relation to Productivity and Reproductive Success Written by: Shari Weech and Tony Scheuhamm |
| 2006 Winner
Selenium Monitoring and Management – New Mines Written by: Peter Chapman |
| 2005 Winner
Conceptual Reclamation Planning and the Development of Results Based Standards at the Elkview Operations Written by: J. Przeczek and D Ryder |
| 2004 Winner
Re-establishing Livestock on Mined Landscapes in the Southern Interior of B.C. Written by: K. Gizikoff |
| 2003 Winner
Regeneration of Moderate-Yield Conifer Forests at Fording Coal’s (now Elk Valley Coal Corporation) Fording River Operations Written by: J. Straker, B. O’Brien, C.E. Jones and R. Berdusco |
| 2002 Winner
Bluebell Mine – Remediation of a Historic Mine Site Written by: B. Donald, W. Kuit and N. Sandstrom |
| 2001 Winner
Cariboo Reclamation Project and Sediment Control During the Construction Phase of a Major Mine Written by: B. McBride |
| 2000 Winner
Development and Utilization of an End Land Use Plan for Highland Valley Copper Written by: M. Freberg and C. Gizikoff |
| 1999 Winner
The Evolution of the Island Copper Mine Pit Lake Written by: M. Wilton and G. Lawrence |
| 1998 Winner
Restoration of Landslides and Unstable Slopes: Considerations for Bioengineering in Interior Locations Written by: D. F. Polster |
To read the winning papers, refer to those linked below and on the Publications page.
