Powell River Project Series
Information for the Virginia Coalfields

Commercial Forestry as a Post-mining Land Use

Authors: John L. Torbert, Research Associate, James A. Burger, Professor, and James E. Johnson, Extension Project Leader, Natural Resources, College of Forestry, Virginia Tech

Publication Number 460-136, June 1996

Figure1. Pine forests can provide the landowner with income from timber within 30 years, while providing immediate environmental benefits such as cover for wildlife and watershed stability.

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