Reforestation of strip-mined lands in West Virginia

H. Spencer Potter; Sidney Weitzman; George R. Jr. Trimble

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Reforestation of strip-mined lands in West Virginia

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H. Spencer Potter, Sidney Weitzman, George R., Jr. Trimble

Year:

1951

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-43. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 28 p.

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Abstract

The early 1940's witnessed a striking increase in strip-mining throughout the eastern coal region. West Virginia, with its extensive coal resources, naturally was caught in the full current of this shift in mining methods. Today the raw gash on the hillside - almost infallibly the mark of a strip-mine operation - is a familiar sight in the State.

Citation

Potter, H. Spencer; Weitzman, Sidney; Trimble, George R., Jr. 1951. Reforestation of strip-mined lands in West Virginia. Station Paper NE-43. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 28 p.