Has anyone noticed that trees are not being planted any longer?

Walter D. Smith

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Has anyone noticed that trees are not being planted any longer?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Walter D. Smith

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. 53-55

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Abstract

Trees provided the coal surface mining industry with a means of restoring the land's productivity at a minimum expense. Trees may still be included in the reclamation plan but tree planting in Ohio was drastically reduced by the 1972 Ohio Surface Mining and Reclamation Law. The basic reasons are categorized as technical, social and economic. The revegetation phase of coal surface mined land is most vital to successful reclamation and hopefully trees will continue to contribute to such success.

Parent Publication

Trees for Reclamation Symposium Proceedings

Citation

Smith, Walter D. 1980. Has anyone noticed that trees are not being planted any longer?. In: Trees for Reclamation Symposium Proceedings; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-61. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 53-55