Carbon Sequestration on Surface Mine Lands Quarterly Report (open access)

Carbon Sequestration on Surface Mine Lands Quarterly Report

An authorized budget was unavailable during this first 3-month working period of this project. Our ability to use the $100K that DOE had dedicated to the project was frustrated by the internal problem of getting an account number issued to bill our expenses to. This has delayed the initiation of a portion of the tasks to be performed. However, enough has been accomplished to allow the project to meet the first years planting goals. This will also allow the initiation of several start-up activities that could not have been possible without established tree plantations.
Date: May 6, 2003
Creator: Graves, Donald H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Sequestration on Surface Mine Lands Quarterly Report (open access)

Carbon Sequestration on Surface Mine Lands Quarterly Report

The January-March 2004 Quarter was dedicated to tree planting activities in two locations in Kentucky. During year one of this project there was no available mine land to plant in the Hazard area so 107 acres were planted in the Martin county mine location. This year 120 acres was planted in the Hazard area to compensate for the prior year and an additional 57 acres was planted on Peabody properties in western Kentucky. An additional set of special plots were established on each of these areas that contained 4800 seedlings each for special carbon sequestration determinations. Plantings were also conducted to continue compaction and water quality studies on two newly established areas as well as confirmed measurements on the first years plantings. Total plantings on this project now amount to 357 acres containing 245,960 tree seedlings.
Date: May 19, 2004
Creator: Graves, Donald H.; Barton, Christopher; Sweigard, Richard & Warner, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library