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The river, which ran orange from the pollution, was reclaimed by the state AML agency and now runs clear enough to support a bustling local recreational tourism industry. Businesses that have been able to grow and thrive because of the reclaimed stream now contribute a $3 million impact to the local economy, including 40 full-time jobs in angling and boating. Image: Downstream Strategies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cc14be4b0f1c73e2cb294/1453488073989-YO2Q80YXL3OTTFO5XFBG/AML_NorthBranchPotomacAMD_Maryland.jpg AML Economic Development Case Studies - Recreational Tourism in Maryland The North Branch Potomac River in Maryland was once decimated by acid mine drainage from a nearby coal mine. The river, which ran orange from the pollution, was reclaimed by the state AML agency and now runs clear enough to support a bustling local recreational tourism industry. Businesses that have been able to grow and thrive because of the reclaimed stream now contribute a $3 million impact to the local economy, including 40 full-time jobs in angling and boating. Image: Downstream Strategies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cc14be4b0f1c73e2cb294/1453488035473-DNGAKYBN570QR360KHBV/AML_PA+West+Suscon+--+Industrial+Park.jpg AML Economic Development Case Studies - Commerce and Trade Park in Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, the West Suscon abandoned coal mine “was a poster-child mine scarred [by] ... dangerous highwalls associated with the strip mining, shafts, slopes, cropfalls...vertical openings, mine spoil areas... [and] abandoned mine drainage...” A commerce and trade park that employs 4,500 people now resides on the reclaimed mine. 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