Forestry as a reclamation practice on strip mined lands in Kansas

Harold G. Gallaher; Gary G. Naughton

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Forestry as a reclamation practice on strip mined lands in Kansas

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Harold G. Gallaher, Gary G. Naughton

Year:

1980

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Trees for Reclamation Symposium Proceedings; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-61. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 21-24

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Abstract

A general description of the significance of coal strip mining in Kansas and the current efforts to reclaim spoil banks to forest uses. Landowner's objectives are shown to be the most limiting factor in forestry operations.

Parent Publication

Trees for Reclamation Symposium Proceedings

Citation

Gallaher, Harold G.; Naughton, Gary G. 1980. Forestry as a reclamation practice on strip mined lands in Kansas. In: Trees for Reclamation Symposium Proceedings; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-61. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 21-24