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

Figure 2. A rough-graded surface provides for good tree growth without increasing the risk of erosion. The final lift of spoil on level areas should be lightly graded after all spoil has been placed of the surface.

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