Surface mine reclamation planning and design is a topic of interest to landowners, reclamation specialists, citizen groups, and regulatory agencies. Over the past eleven years an international group of 30 land-use planning and design reclamation specialists developed a 50 I page camera-ready manuscript concerning post-mining land-use planning and design. This collaborative group notes that efficient and effective post-mining land-use planning and design requires an understanding of the possible configurations affiliated with the landscape, training in the fundamentals of planning and design, and skill in the technological tools of planning and design. Post-mining land-use planning and design usually demands that the reclamation specialist be proficient in detail design, site design, site planning, landscape planning, and design development. In addition, the reclamation specialist who works upon a post-mining land-use plan should be familiar with mining, mineral processing, mining operations, land-use zoning, local ordinances, and site development regulations. Finally, reclamation specialists should be well acquainted with the characteristics and requirements of each general land-use type and be capable in orchestrating these land-use types in a multiple land-use setting.