Trees for strip-mined lands

George Hart; William R. Byrnes

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Trees for strip-mined lands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

George Hart, William R. Byrnes

Year:

1960

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-136. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.

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Abstract

Open-pit or strip mining has become an important method of mining bituminous coal in Pennsylvania. In 1958 some 19.5 million tons of soft coal - 29 percent of the total bituminous production in the State - were produced by this method.

Citation

Hart, George; Byrnes, William R. 1960. Trees for strip-mined lands. Station Paper NE-136. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.