2005

 POWELL RIVER PROJECT

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

PROGRAM  REPORTS

 

This publication contains reports of

programs supported by the

Powell River Project

between July, 2004, and June, 2005.


These reports may be reproduced for publication elsewhere only with the authors' permission,
and only with credit to the authors and to Powell River Project.

 

Table of Contents


Properties and Potential Water Quality Effects of Post-2000 Coal Combustion Products.
W. Lee Daniels, Mike Beck and Matt Eick
 
Reforestation of Mined Land for Productive Land Uses and Environmental Quality.
James Burger, Beyhan Amichev, Ted Auch, Julia Showalter, and David Mitchem.

Herbaceous Ground Cover Effects on Native Hardwoods Planted on Mined Land
J. A. Burger, D. O. Mitchem, C. E. Zipper, and R. Williams

Growth of a Thinned White Pine Stand Growing on a Reclaimed Surface Mine in Southwestern Virginia.
 C. N. Casselman, T. R. Fox, and J. A. Burger

Program Options for Improving Compensatory Mitigation Under NWP 21.
Kurt Stephenson and Leonard Shabman

Coal-Mine Hollow Fill and Settling Pond Influences on Headwater Streams in Southern West Virginia.
T. C. Merricks, D. S. Cherry, C. E. Zipper, R. J. Currie, and T. W. Valenti

Design and Operation of an On-Site Sewage Waste Treatment and Disposal System on a Reclaimed Coal Mine.
C. E. Zipper, R. B. Reneau, Jr., M. Saluta

Coal to Electricity Energy Education Program.
Barbara Altizer and Jon Rockett

The Effects of Two Cultural Treatments on Five Christmas Tree Species Grown on Reclaimed Mined Land.
B. Hamilton, A. Kimberlin, S.  Marcum, and M. Orr

Powell River Project 2005 Grant Report.
Environmental Science Class, Southwest Virginia Community College

Stress-Level Determination Using Microarray Analysis of Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) Population on Reclaimed Mine Areas.
B.G. Hunt, R.L. Woodard, K. P. Jansen.