Michael P. Strager

TL;DR: This paper integrated measures of stakeholder preferences with GIS data in a spatial multicriteria framework for identifying high priority areas for land conservation, and individual preferences were aggregated into groups representing outside experts and local stakeholders, illustrating an affinity for local knowledge of stakeholders vs universal broader issues by outside experts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified stream and culvert characteristics contributing to fish passage barriers within an Appalachian watershed, and quantified the total amount of trout reproductive habitat isolated by culverts and used an ecological currency to identify culvert replacement priorities and stream mitigation credit opportunities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the impacts of mountaintop mining on the terrestrial environment by exploring six broad themes: (1) the loss of topographic complexity, (2) forest loss and fragmentation, (3) forest succession and soil loss, (4) forest losses and carbon sequestration, (5) biodiversity, and (6) human health and well-being.

TL;DR: In this paper, a watershed-scale assessment of Pigeon creek, an intensively mined watershed of the Tug Fork drainage in Mingo County, West Virginia, was conducted.

TL;DR: In this paper, an index of mining intensity (MI) was used to predict stream-water quality and biological conditions, and the extent to which geology and the geographic position of mines modulate the effects of mining on in-stream conditions.