{"id":1721,"date":"2015-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-677\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:31:00","slug":"innovation-anthology-677","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2015\/03\/31\/innovation-anthology-677\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #677:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/1-Innovation Anthology 677.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\";\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:none;\n\tmso-hyphenate:none;\n\tmso-layout-grid-align:none;\n\tpunctuation-wrap:simple;\n\ttext-autospace:none;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Much like a gardener might apply mulch to keep down the weeds, Eckehart Marenholtz did the same to give his young trees a head start at Genesee&#8217;s East Wetland reclamation site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">After comparing four different types over mulch over the summer of 2014, Eckehart found that a mulch of wood chips offered several advantages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">ECKEHART MARENHOLTZ: <\/span><\/strong><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;\ncolor:black\">It looked sort of the most natural at the end of the season.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>It had the best suppression effect.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>And there were also were some other benefits in the sense that the material that we used was from another area on the mine where there was a forest that had to be removed.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>And so it was mulched and then we moved it over onto this reclamation site.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>We also brought some forest species seeds with that material.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>So I saw some Saskatoon and rose that had clearly come with the wood mulch. And the idea of using material that needs to be cleared away anyway, because as the mine progresses, it will move through forest patches, and salvaging that material and using it in the reclamation process. <\/span><\/em><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><u><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:\n10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><u><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">To optimize the success of establishing tree seedlings,<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Eckehart Marenholtz also tried different planting methods.<\/span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><em 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