Proposals Submitted to Powell River Project for 7/08 - 6/09

 

Best Practices for Reclaiming Mined Land for Forests and Forestry. Jim Burger, Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech

Habitat Assessment and the Establishment of a Nesting Box Trail for Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird) In the Powell River Project Education Center: Year Three. Dr. Carol A. Burkart and Anthony Russo. Mountain Empire Community College.


Long-Term Mine Soil Weathering and Treatment Effects, Or: Do Topsoil Substitutes Really Mimic Natural Soils? W. Lee Daniels, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech.


Herbaceous Crops for a Biofuels/Bioproducts Industry on Reclaimed Mine Lands. John Fike and others. Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech.


Project Coal to Electricity: Teaching Environmental Issues. Jon Rockett, Powell River Project, and Barbara Altizer, Eastern Coal Council.


Evaluating Wildlife Response to Reclaimed Mine Lands in Southwestern Virginia, by D.F. Stauffer. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech.


Beef Cattle Production on Reclaimed Surface Mined Land. Dee Whittier and Ramanthan Kasimanickam, Dept. of Large s, Virginia Tech.