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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL REFORESTATION INITIATIVE
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__________________________ IMPORTANCE OF THIS INITIATIVE __________________________ IN THE NEWS __________________________ FORESTRY RECLAMATION APPROACH __________________________ STATEMENT OF MUTUAL INTENT __________________________ FOREST RECLAMATION ADVISORIES __________________________ CORE TEAM __________________________ SCIENCE TEAM __________________________ STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES __________________________ REFORESTATION AWARDS __________________________ REFORESTATION RESEARCH __________________________ BROCHURE REQUEST

OSM APPLIED SCIENCE PROJECTS
AWARDED TO REFORESTATION RESEARCH

2005
  1. University of Kentucky - $46,296, PI Dr. Richard Sweigard
     Development of a Field Procedure to Evaluate the Reforestation Potential of Reclaimed Surface-Mined Land (Click here to link to final report.)  
     
  2. Virginia Tech - $40,000, PI Dr. James Burger
     Demonstrate the Potential for Large-Scale Carbon
    Sequestration by Reforestation of Mined Lands Using Managed Forests (    Click here to link to final report.)

2006
  1. Ohio University - $99,971, Brian C. McCarthy PI
     Mine Land Reclamation and American Chestnut Restoration: Bring Technologies Together (Click here to view final report.)

2007

2008
  1. The American Chestnut Foundation - $200,000, PI R. Paris
    American Chestnut Restoration on Surface Mines Sites in the Appalachian Region
     
  2. West Virginia University - $45,482, PI E. Pena-Yewtukhiw
    Determination of Soil Hydrologic Group for Minesoils Under Forestry Reclamation Approach in Appalachia
     
  3. VA Polytechnic Institute & State University - $86,749, PI J. Burger
    Establishing Hardwood Forests with American Chestnut using Forestry Reclamation Approach: Effects of Grading Practices and Ground Cover
     
  4. University of Kentucky Research Foundation - $199,927, PI R. Sweigard
    Field Investigation of Best Practices for Steep-Slope Mine Reclamation Employing the Forestry Reclamation Approach
     
  5. West Virginia University - $36,588,  PI J. Skousen
    Hardwood Tree Growth Using the Forestry Reclamation Approach in West Virginia
     
  6. The University of Tennessee - $170,616 PI J. Franklin
    Reforestation of Steep Reclaimed Slopes in Appalachia: Forest Establishment and Function
     
  7. The University of Tennessee - $199,682, PI E. Drumm
    Reforestation of Steep Reclaimed Slopes: Stability and Sediment Control Considerations

     

    TOTAL AMOUNT FUNDED TO DATE = $ 1,125,311.00

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