
2006 Powell River Project Research and
Education Program Reports
Major
Research:
Reforestation of Mined Land for Timber
Production and Environmental Quality. James
A. Burger, Department of Forestry
Program
Options for Improving Compensatory Mitigation under NWP 21. Kurt Stephenson, Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics (through 12/05).
Properties and Potential Water Quality
Effects of Post-2000 Coal Combustion Products. W. Lee Daniels, Department of Crop and Soil
Environmental Sciences.
Education / Extension / Outreach –
Area
Extension Agent – Mined Land
Development and Natural Resource Management. Jon Rockett,
Beef Cattle Production on Reclaimed
Surface Mined Land. John Hall,
Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, and W. D. Whittier,
Teaching Environmental Issues, from Coal
to Electricity. John Burton and Mary
Quillen, Department of Teaching and Learning.
Joint Undergraduate/Graduate Studio
– LAR 4084 and 5005 Advanced Planning and Design. Margaret Bryant, Landscape Architecture.
On-Site Wastewater Treatment on a
Reclaimed Mine Site in
Education
– Area Colleges:
The Effects of Two Cultural Treatments
on Four Christmas Tree Species Grown on Reclaimed Mined Land. Chuks Ogbannaya and Jay Blevins,
Soil
Attributes at the
Funding
for Student Research at
Carbon
Sequestration Project on Surface Mined Sites in the Clinch and
Co-grazing
Appalachian Pastures with Goats and Cattle: Effects on Pasture Quality, Animal
Performance, and Farm Profitability. A.O.
Abaye, J.M. Luginbuhl, C. Zipper, J. Rockett, D. Whittier.
Supported by
Demonstrate
the Potential for Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration by Reforestation of Mined
Lands Using Managed Forests. J.A.
Burger. Supported by
Determining
the Ecotoxicological Recovery of Black Creek (Wise County) and Ely Creek (Lee
County) after Watershed Restoration of Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine
Drainage. D. Cherry,
R. Currie, C. Zipper. Supported by
Development of Rapid Assessment Protocols for Beneficial Use of Post-2000 Coal
Combustion Byproducts in Virginia Coal Mines. W.L. Daniels. Supported by
Restoring Sustainable Forests on Appalachian Mined Lands for Wood Products,
Renewable Energy, Carbon Sequestration, and Other Ecosystem Services. J. Burger, T. Fox, G. Amacher, J. Sullivan C.
Zipper, J. Galbraith. Supported by
Remote
Sensing for