2007

POWELL RIVER PROJECT

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

PROGRAM REPORTS

This publication contains reports of

programs supported by the

Powell River Project

between July 2006 and June, 2007.

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

Assessing the Potential of Co-Grazing Small Ruminants with Beef Cattle to Improve Utilization of Marginal Pasture Lands in Virginia.

D. M. Webb, Ozzie Abaye, Jon Rockett, Carl Zipper, C. Teutsch, and G. Scaglia

Enhancing Sustainable Beef Cattle Production on Reclaimed Surface Mined Land.

John Hall, W.D. Whittier, Ozzie Abaye

Reclamation of Mined Land Utilizing Native Warm Season Grasses.

Samir Doshi and Saleem H. Ali.

Nesting Results and Initial Habitat Assessment of the Nesting Box Trail for Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird) In the Powell River Project Education Center.

C.A. Burkart, A. Russo, J. Church, G. Brooks, J. Collins, S. Collins, A. Christian, M. Head, A. Rutherford, and Evan Reynolds

Evaluation of Wildlife Response to Vegetation Restoration on Reclaimed Mine Lands in Southwestern Virginia.

Amy Carrozzino, Dean Stauffer, and Carola Haas.

Reforestation of Mined Land for Productive Land Uses and Environmental Quality.

James A. Burger and David Mitchem

Establishing Ground Cover for Forested Post-Mining Land Uses.

James A. Burger, Carl Zipper, and Jeff Skousen.

Red Oak Seedling Response to Different Topsoil Substitutes After Five Years.

James A. Burger, David Mitchem, and W. Lee Daniels.

Carbon Accumulation Potentials of Post-SMCRA Coal-mined Lands.

C. E. Zipper, J. A. Burger, J. M. McGrath, and B. Amichev

Heavy Metal Sequestration in Settling Ponds: A Mechanism for the Removal of Metals Associated With Mined Lands.

Aaron W. Johnson, Trey Akridge, Shadrack Nthusi, and Janet Yates.

Properties and Potential Water Quality Effects of Post-2000 Coal Combustion Products.

Mike Beck, W. Lee Daniels, and Matt Eick