Powell River
Research:
Best Practices for Reclaiming Mined Land
for Forests and Forestry. Brian Strahm and James A.
Burger, Department of Forestry
Effects
of Total Dissolved Solids in Streams of Southwestern Virginia. Stephen Schoenholtz, Virginia Water Resources Research
Center, Virginia Tech; David Soucek, Illinois Natural History Survey; Carl
Zipper, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech. (Additional
support provided by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and by
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.)
Evaluating Avian Breeding Success and
Wildlife Use of Mine Lands Reclaimed with the Forestry Reclamation Approach. Dean F. Stauffer, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Sciences.
Herbaceous Crops for a
Biofuels/Bioproducts Industry on Reclaimed Mine Lands. John Fike, John Galbraith, Chris Teutsch, David
Parrish, Carl Zipper. Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences.
Long-Term Mine Soil Weathering and
Treatment Effects on Total Dissolved Solids in Drainage Waters and on Soil
Properties, Or Do Topsoil Substitutes Really Mimic Natural Soils? W. Lee Daniels, Department of Crop and Soil
Environmental Sciences.
Restoration
of Streams and Hydrology on Mined Landscapes. Stephen Schoenholtz, Jack
Webster, Kevin J. McGuire, and Fred Benfield. Virginia Water Resources Research
Center and Department of Biological Sciences.
Use
of Reclaimed Coal-Mined Land for Woody Biomass Production. J. Burger, C. Zipper (Supported by Alpha Natural
Resources).
Education / Extension / Outreach:
Enhancing Sustainable Beef Cattle
Production on Reclaimed Surface Mined Land. W. D. Whittier,
Teaching Environmental Issues, from Coal
to Electricity. Barbara Altizer,
Eastern Coal Council and Jon Rockett, Powell River Project / Virginia
Cooperative Extension.
Habitat Assessment and the Establishment
of a Nesting Box Trail for Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird) In the
Powell River Project Education Center. Carol A. Burkart and Anthony Russo,
External
Funding and Related Activities
Establishing
Hardwood Forests with American Chestnut using Forestry Reclamation Approach:
Effects of Grading Practices and Ground Cover. J. Burger, C. Zipper. Supported by US Office of
Surface Mining.
Evaluation of Coal Mining Discharges for Toxicity in Clinch/Powell River
Watersheds of Virginia to Replicate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Activities. D.S.
Cherry, Biology, and C.E. Zipper, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences.
Supported by Virginia Coal Association.
Outdoor Sustainable Forest Management Classrooms. J. Munsell, Forestry.
Supported by Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Structural and Functional Assessment of Restored Headwater Streams in the
Central Appalachian Coalfields. S. Schoenholtz, J. Webster, F. Benfield, C.
Zipper. Supported by Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Sciences,
Virginia Tech.
Using
Remotely Sensed Imagery to Assess Post-Mining Vegetation and Vegetation
Change. Randolph Wynne,
Department of Forestry, and Carl Zipper, Crop and Soil Environnmental Sciences.
Supported by Geospatial Environmental Analysis Program, Virginia Tech.
Hybrid poplar for bioenergy production
in southside and southwest Virginia. Amy
Brunner, John Munsell, and Harold Burkart, Department of Forestry; and Carl
Zipper, Crop and Soil Environnmental Sciences. Supported by Virginia Tobacco
Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.