Pit Lake Systematics: A Special Issue

Note from the editor-in-chief: The articles assembled for this issue overflowed the space available; we had an abundance of riches. As a result, one article, by Gammons et al., was printed in the last issue of this journal [22(3): 141-148] and another, by Dowling et al. will appear in the next issue [23(1)]. The Gammons et al. article was not integral to an understanding of pit lake dynamics, since it was focused on water quality in an underground mine near a pit lake, rather than the lake itself. However, Dowling et al. is a critically important case study and an example of how potential pit lake problems can be anticipated and constructively dealt with. It is a key component of this special issue, and was selected for displacement only because it was the right length. Please remember to keep an eye out for it in the next issue.