Welcome!

ARRI’s Fifth Annual Conference will be held on August 2-4, 2011 in downtown Knoxville, TN.  Join us as we push reclamation to a new level and consider entire ecosystems as a part of the Forestry Reclamation Approach: soils, plant, animal and microbial communities, and water resources. Newcomers to ARRI can learn about the Forestry Reclamation Approach, and how the principles of ecology are used to establish forests on reclaimed mine land.  A program of talks that focus on new challenges and current research has been designed to offer something for both new and the veteran ARRI members.

The event will include field trips to a reforestation project and a mature hardwood forest on mine sites reclaimed over 50 years ago.

For further information about the event, contact Jennifer Franklin (jafranklin@utk.edu) or Dave Buckley (dbuckley@utk.edu) at the University of Tennessee, or Victor Davis (vdavis@osmre.gov) or Becky Hatmaker (bhatmaker@osmre.gov) with the Office of Surface Mining in Knoxville.

EARLY REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED until June 30th!

REGISTRATION –Use the button on the left to register online, or print out a registration form to fill out and return by mail.

CONFERENCE DETAILS – Use the links on the left to learn more about this event, including hosts and sponsors, event agenda, field trips, and lodging and fees.