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VIRGINIA REFORESTATION RESEARCH
provided by:
Dr. James Burger,
Professor of Forest Soil Science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Forestry
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and 
Dr. Carl Zipper,
Director
Powell River Project
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Associate Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences |
The Powell River Project
is a cooperative program of Virginia Tech and the coal industry
that sponsors research and education programs to enhance
restoration of coal-mined lands in Virginia and other eastern
states.
Since its founding in 1980, Powell River Project has
been a sponsor of mine reforestation research conducted by Dr.
James Burger and his associates in the Virginia Tech Department
of Forestry. Powell River Project’s Research and Education
Center, an 1100 acre area in Wise County, Virginia, hosts mine
reforestation research sites and demonstration areas developed
by Dr. Burger.
In addition to his responsibilities with the
Powell River Project, Dr. Carl Zipper conducts research that
addresses carbon sequestration through reforestation of
reclaimed mine areas, and he works with coal mining firms and
reclamation agencies to aid application of reforestation
research results in active mining.
On-line Resources:
http://www.cses.vt.edu/PRP/
How to Restore Forests
on Surface-Mined Land
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-123/460-123.pdf
Commercial Forestry as
a Post-mining Land Use
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-136/460-136.html
Recovery of Native
Plant Communities after Mining
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-140/460-140.pdf
Mine Permitting to
Establish Productive Forests as Post-Mining Land Uses
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-141/460-141.pdf
For more information
about surface mine reforestation research in Virginia, please
contact:
Dr. James Burger
Professor of Forest Soil Science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Forestry
228 Cheatham Hall
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Telephone: (540) 231-7680
E-mail:
jaburger@vt.edu
VA Tech Bio:
http://www.fw.vt.edu/forestry/faculty/burger.html
Dr. Carl Zipper
Director, Powell River Project
Associate Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Smyth Hall
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Telephone: (540) 231-9782
E-mail:
czip@vt.edu
VA Tech Bio:
http://www.online.cals.vt.edu/database/index.php/masters/facultydetails/zipperc/
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