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Approved Applied Science Projects 2008

Curent Status

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Institution & OSM Funds
OSM
Technical Representative
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36/AR

The American Chestnut Foundation

$200,000

 

American Chestnut Restoration on Surface Mines Sites in the Appalachian Region

PI R. Paris

 
9/MHEI HBCU-Spelman College

$172,014.06
  Assessment of Environmental Impacts in Coal Mining Sites Using a Predictive GIS-based Environmental Mining Decision Support System (EMDSS)

PI V. Ibeanusi
 
40/AR

West Virginia University

$45,482

  Determination of Soil Hydrologic Group for Minesoils Under Forestry Reclamation Approach in Appalachia

PI E. Pena-Yewtukhiw
 
32/AR

VA Polytechnic Institute & State University

$86,749

 

Establishing Hardwood Forests with American Chestnut using Forestry Reclamation Approach: Effects of Grading Practices and Ground Cover

PI J. Burger

 
16/AR

University of Kentucky Research Foundation

$199,927

  Field Investigation of Best Practices for Steep-Slope Mine Reclamation Employing the Forestry Reclamation Approach

PI R. Sweigard
 
39/AR West Virginia University

$36,588
  Hardwood Tree Growth Using the Forestry Reclamation Approach in West Virginia

PI J. Skousen
 
27/AR The University of Tennessee

$170,616
  Reforestation of Steep Reclaimed Slopes in Appalachia: Forest Establishment and Function

PI J. Franklin
 
26/AR The University of Tennessee

$199,682
  Reforestation of Steep Reclaimed Slopes: Stability and Sediment Control Considerations

PI E. Drumm
 
21/AR

Ohio DNR, Div of Mineral Resource Management

$200,000

  RBDMS for Water Online: Providing Coal Operators and Their Laboratories Data Review and Reporting Capabilities via Web-enabled Water Quality Database/GIS and Providing On-demand Water Quality Data to the Public

PI S. Kell
 
10/MR $113,583   A System to Evaluate Prime Farmland Reclamation Success Based

PI Dunker
 
2/WR $90,935   The Use of commercial weed fabric & irrigation to enhance grow

PI Musselman