Joe/Ed- I don' recall the cost, but the USFS had to purchase these lands (hence the appellation "Redbird Purchase Unit") from an intermediary corporation...it was a relatively large contiguous block (don't remember the statistics, but I digitized the 14 topographic quadrangles it took for Redbird GIS coverage. But once purchased, the primary mission was to rehabilitate the strip mines, and improve the watershed. I was there just over 5 years, but saw improvements in both missions, the latter by charting the results of the water quality sampling we did after any management activities. Winter tree planting and fall water quality testing were two of my favorite work tasks, at the most pleasant times of the year there. -Don
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 16:01:37 -0400 Joe, It might be fairer to let them pay, but judging from the pitiful excuse for reclamation done on strip mine sites here in PA by the coal companies, I certainly don't think they should be the ones doing the reclamation. Plowing everything relatively flat, dumping on some cheap grass seed and sticking in a couple of pine trees hardly is an adequate reclamation, but that is what you get when the offending companies are responsible for the job. Just put enough lipstick on the pig to clear your reclamation bond. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Zorzin To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:44 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People I suppose it just wouldn't be fair to make those corporations pay. Joe _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your friends. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_WhatsNew1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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