RESTORING SUSTAINABLE FORESTS ON APPALACHIAN MINED LANDS FOR WOOD PRODUCTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, AND OTHER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Burger, Dr. James A.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (United States)

关键词: Forests;    Economics;    Wood;    Ecosystems;    Production;   

DOI  :  10.2172/815772
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FG26-02NT41619
RP-ID  :  815772

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This is the first quarterly Technical Report for the period October-December, 2003. A kick-off meeting was held with NETL administrators and scientists at Morgantown, WV, on December 2, 2002. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the biological and economic feasibility of restoring high-quality forests on mined land, and to measure carbon sequestration and wood production benefits that would be achieved from forest restoration procedures. During this first quarterly reporting period, five Graduate Research Assistants were recruited, an MOA was drafted between Virginia Tech and three industry cooperators, preliminary field locations for controlled studies were located, and a preliminary analysis of a carbon inventory of forest sites on mined land was made.