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Aerial photo of Blackwater Conservation Area from 1974 showing how the area looked prior to mining.
1974 - Virgin forested area prior to mining. 		Aerial photo of Blackwater Conservation Area from 1978 showing the effects of the mining operation - many of the original trees have been cut down and the land is bare.
1978 - The effects of soil mining become apparent.

Aerial photo of Blackwater Conservation Area from 1985 showing more of the effects of the mining operation - more trees have been cut down and more of the land is bare.
1985 - Further degradation of area due to mining.
Aerial photo of Blackwater Conservation Area from 1995 after the mining ended, the land is bare, with some areas beginning to be taken over by foreign vegetation.
1995 - After mining, exotic vegetation began to inhabit the area.