A Manual for Training Reclamation Inspectors in the Fundamentals of Soils and Revegetation

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A Manual for Training Reclamation Inspectors in the Fundamentals of Soils and Revegetation

A Manual for Training Reclamation Inspectors in the Fundamentals of Soils and Revegetation by Willis G. Vogel. Prepared for the Office of Surface Mining and Enforcement by  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Soil and Water Conservation Society, September 1987.

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• A Manual for Training Reclamation Inspectors in the Fundamentals of Soils and Revegetation (12.5 MB)

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• Abstract, Contents (583 KB)
• Chapter 1 - The Permit Application Package (282 KB)
• Chapter 2 - Overburden Characteristics (1 MB)
• Chapter 3 - Handling of Plant-Growth Media (240 KB)
• Chapter 4 - Special Considerations (353 KB)
• Chapter 5 - Vegetation Establishment and Cultural Practices (2.28 MB)
• Chapter 6 - Postmining Land Uses (488 KB)
• Chapter 7 - Evaluating Revegetation Success (1.22 MB)
• Chapter 8 - Revegetating Coal Surface-Mined Lands in the Eastern Coal Regions (2.75 MB)
• Chapter 9 - Revegetating Coal Surface-Mined Lands in the Western Coal Regions (3.29 MB)
• Bibliography (806 KB)