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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Coal Mine Reclamation"”.
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Mine soil genesis and tall fescue nutrient status as a function of overburden type and cultural amendment
Natural soils in the Appalachian coal mining region occur on steep slopes and are often thin, rocky, acidic, and/or infertile. This often makes use of natural topsoil for surface coal mine reclamation impractical. Sandstone (SS) and siltstone (SiS) topsoil substitute materials in mixed and pure …
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Avian population and community dynamics in response to vegetation restoration on reclaimed mine lands in southwest Virginia
Coal surface-mining is often implicated for its negative impacts on native flora and fauna. However, some studies suggest that, in reclaiming land after mining, there may be potential to create early successional habitat needed by many avian species currently in decline throughout eastern North …
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Creative Participation: Rethinking Reclamation
… is then applied to the practical problem of Mine Land Reclamation in Southern West Virginia. Creative Participation, at its heart, is a way to reconnect man with the reality of his connection to the rest of the world, rather than his separation and control of it.
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Evaluating wildlife response to vegetation restoration on reclaimed mine lands in southwestern Virginia
Coal mining has had profound impacts in the Appalachian region, initiating a need to understand the implications of traditional and current reclamation practices on wildlife. I evaluated wildlife use of reclaimed sites of varying ages and cover types in southwestern Virginia. I compared reclaimed …
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Evaluation of reclaimed coal-mined prime farmland based on soil characteristics in lieu of the current yield-based approach
… Public Law 95-87, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) in 1977, reclamation success of prime farmland after coal mining has been determined by long-term crop yield testing. States such as Illinois and Indiana require that reclamation success be based on crop production of …