Powell River Project
Reclamation Guidelines for Surface-Mined Land in Southwest Virginia

Reclamation of Coal Refuse Disposal Areas

Authors: W. Lee Daniels, Associate Professor, and Barry Stewart and Dennis Dove, Graduate Research Assistants, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech

Publication Number 460-131, June 1996

Reclamation of Coal Refuse Disposal Areas; Figure 3


Figure 3. Vigorous and diverse stand of herbaceous perennial vegetation established on moderately acidic refuse in SW Virginia by direct seeding. The refuse was limed, treated with sewage sludge, and mulched heavily with fiber mulch and straw. The seeding mix shown in Table 3 was used on this site. This picture was taken four full growing seasons after seeding.

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