Contact: Carl Nathe

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 17, 2005) --There’s some new momentum for the research that former University of Kentucky forestry department chair Don Graves has been involved with for more than 30 years. The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative is a partnership designed to reforest coal-mined lands, which could have a major economic impact as well as considerable environmental benefits. (more)