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Publications
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Brochures
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Newsletters
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Forest Reclamation Advisories
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Posters -
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Conference Presentations -
Reforestation Teachers' Guide and DVD -
Brochures
Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative - Trees for Appalachia's Future
ARRI's First 2 Years [December 2005]
ARRI Newsletters
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 9 [December 2008]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 8 [June 2008]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 7 [January 2008]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 6 [July 2007]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 5 [December 2006]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 4 [August 2006]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 3 [July 2006]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 2 [September
2005]
ARRI News - Volume I, Issue 1 [April 2005]
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Forest Reclamation
Advisories
Forest Reclamation Advisory No. 1 -
The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative
In this first
advisory, the goals of ARRI and the function of these Forest Reclamation Advisories are
explained. [December 2005]
Forest Reclamation Advisory No. 2
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The Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA)
The FRA is the science-based technique for reclaiming coal-mined
land to forest while complying with the existing State and
Federal mining laws. This advisory explains the 5 steps of the
FRA. [December 2005]
Forest Reclamation Advisory No. 3 -
Low Compaction Grading to Enhance Reforestation Success on Coal
Surface Mines
This advisory describes final-grading techniques that can be
used during reclamation to prepare coal-surface mines to support
a forested postmining land use. [July 2007]
Forest Reclamation Advisory No. 4 -
Loosening Compacted Soils on Mined Sites
Some areas of mine sites become compacted due to machinery
operation, traffic, and storage. This advisory describes
practices for ripping compacted areas so as to loosen soils necessary to achieve successful reforestation. [July 2007]
Forest Reclamation Advisory No. 5 -
Mine Reclamation Practices to Enhance Forest Development Through
Natural Succession
Succession is a term used to describe natural changes in plant
community composition over time. This advisory describes the
ways in which reclamation methods can encourage rapid succession
and accelerate development of high quality postmining forests.
[July 2007]
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ARRI
Posters
Reclaiming
the Future: Teachers' Guide and DVD
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(Run time: 29:50)0) |
The University
of Kentucky Forestry Department, published this DVD and
Teachers' Guide which describes the five-step Forestry
Reclamation Approach (FRA) and explains how to successfully
establish productive forests on reclaimed surface mines.
The full video is available for viewing online at the
website listed below. To order your own DVD, contact
Dr. Chris Barton at
barton@uky.edu
or follow the instructions on this
Video Order form.
The Teachers' Guide that accompanies this DVD can be
downloaded below in high resolution or low resolution. |
TEACHERS' GUIDE:
Reclaiming the Future:
Reforestation in Appalachia
(high resolution - 5.47Mb)
Reclaiming the Future: Reforestation in Appalachia
(low resolution - 691Kb) Text only version
DVD:
The full video
Reclaiming the Future: Reforestation in
Appalachia
can now be accessed online at
Southern Regional Extension Forestry website.
Direct Video link -
http://sref.info/video/reclaiming
(29:50)
Note: This link requires
QuickTime for viewing.
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