Mountaintop Removal Mining Environment
Ongoing study to evaluate the effects of soil compaction on the survivability and growth of high value tree species at the Starfire Mine in Perry County, Kentucky.
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- Leveling a Mountain of Research on Mountaintop Removal Strip Mining - Excerpt from the July 2004 update to the environment February 2004 Union of Concerned Scientists report "Scientific environment Integrity in Policymaking."
- A Geologic Overview of Mountaintop Removal Mining - West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey coal geologists environment report to the Economic Committee of the Governor\\'s environment Task Force on Mountaintop Removal and Related Mining environment Methods.[PDF]
- Low Mine Soil Compaction Research - Ongoing study to evaluate the effects of soil compaction on the survivability and growth of high value tree species at the Starfire Mine in Perry County, Kentucky.[PDF]
- Small Mammal Communities on a Reclaimed Mountaintop Mine/Valley Fill Landscape in Southern West Virginia - Study examines effects on terrestrial wildlife species. Includes maps, aerial mountaintop removal photographs and references.[PDF]
- Woody Establishment Patterns Following Mountaintop Removal in The Coal River Valley - Study examines whether vegetation patterns exist for specific environment man-made land mountaintop removal forms following this mining practice.[PDF]
- Soil Horizon Development on a Mountaintop Surface Mine in Southern West Virginia - Evaluates the quality of soils developing on a reclaimed mountaintop mountaintop removal removal mine in southern West Virginia. Includes photographs.
- Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fill in Appalachia - Final programmatic environmental impact statement from the Environmental environment Protection Agency. environment Includes a summary and references.[PDF]
- Characterization and Quality of Soils Developing on a Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine - Study describes and characterizes different aged mine soils mountaintop removal on a reclaimed site and on contiguous native mountaintop removal soils. Includes references.[PDF]
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