“Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals. Food chains are the living channels which conduct energy upward; death and decay return it to the soil. The circuit is not closed; some energy is dissipated in decay, some is added by absorption from the air, some is stored in soils, peats and long-lived forests; but it is a sustained circuit, like a slowly augmented revolving fund of life.”

— Aldo Leopold

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Leveraging liquid bio-blends to revive soil ecosystems in mine reclamation (BC Mine Reclamation Symposium 2025)

Publication · 2025 · UBC Open Collections (cIRcle) · DOI: 10.14288/1.0450908

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Tobias, J. (2025). Leveraging liquid bio-blends to revive soil ecosystems in mine reclamation.
UBC Open Collections. https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0450908

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https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0450908

Restoring mine sites means rebuilding the plant–microbe partnership in the rhizosphere. This paper explores how high-quality liquid bio-blends (compost extracts and teas) can address microbial gaps, improve plant survival, and support faster ecosystem recovery in degraded soils.

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