2008

POWELL RIVER PROJECT

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

PROGRAM REPORTS

This publication contains reports of

programs supported by the

Powell River Project

between July 2007 and June 2008.

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

Influence of Cattle Grazing Alone and with Goats on Forage Biomass, Botanical Composition and Browse Species on Reclaimed Mine Land.
A.Ozzie Abaye, Matt Webb and Carl Zipper

Project Coal to Electricity: 2008 Summer Teacher Education Program.
Barbara Altizer, Jon Rockett

Reforestation of Mined Land for Productive Land Uses and Environmental Quality.
James Burger, Beyhan Amichev, and Chris Fields-Johnson.

Fourth-Year Tree Response to Three Levels of Silvicultural Input on Mined Lands.
C. Fields-Johnson, C. E. Zipper, D. Evans, T.R. Fox, J.A. Burger

Nesting Results and Initial Habitat Assessment of the Nesting Box Trail for Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird)
In the Powell River Project Education Center Year 2: Expansion.
C. A. Burkart, A. Russo, L. Clayton, T.J. Davis,  V. Fleming, J. Genco, S. Lane and J. Mays

Evaluation of wildlife response to vegetation restoration on reclaimed mine lands in southwestern Virginia.
Amy L. Carrozzino and Dean F. Stauffer

Long-Term Mine Soil Weathering and Treatment Effects: Do Topsoil Substitutes Really Mimic Natural Soils?
Zenah W. Orndorff, W. Lee Daniels and Mike Beck

Effects of Total Dissolved Solids in Streams of Southwestern Virginia.
Stephen Schoenholtz, David Soucek, Carl Zipper, Anthony Timpano

A Working Laboratory at the Powell River Project to Research and Promote Sustainable Forest Management.
J. Munsell, J. Rockett, W. Worrell, and D. Whiteley

Herbaceous Crops for a Biofuels/Bioproducts Industry on Reclaimed Mine Lands.
John Fike, John Galbraith, Chris Teutsch, and David Parrish, Carl Zipper.