The forestry reclamation approach and the measure of its success in appalachia

26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 18-36

  Angel, Patrick N ^a   Burger, James A ^b   Davis, Victor M ^c   Barton, Christopher D ^d   Bower, Michael ^c   Eggerud, Scott D ^e   Rothman, Paul ^f  

^a Office of Surface Mining   (United States)

^b VA Tech Corporate Research Center   (United States)

^c University of Kentucky ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^f Kentucky Department for Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

ARRI; Coal surface mine reforestation; End dumping; Loose grading; The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; GRADING; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; MINING; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

APPALACHIAN; ARRI; COAL SURFACES; END-DUMPING; TREE PLANTINGS;

RECLAMATION;

EID: 79959376592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr09010018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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