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<br />t <br /> <br />Wetland Habitat Manaaement Action #4 <br />Revegelate approximately 7 acres of the mitigation area with cottonwood. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />ResponsIble Agency: BLM <br />CooperatIng Parties/Agencies: CDOW, USFYVS, COE <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SUCCessful implementation of wetland habitat management actions #1 and #2 is prerequisite for the <br />implementation of this management action. A qualified revegetation specialist, subject to appro....a1 of <br />the COE, will be hired by the District to direct revegetation efforts and conduct monitoring of <br />revegetated areas. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Maps 3 and 4 identity locations for cottonwood revegetation. Cottonwood plantings will take place <br />within a variety of vegetation types but every effort will be made to minimize the use of wet meadow for <br />cottonwood planting. Procedures for the collection, preparation. and planting of cottonwood seedlings <br />are described below: <br /> <br />Step 1: During the fall before implementation of this plan, obtain 770 cottonwood seedlings from local <br />cottonwood stands that will be made ready to plant during the following spring concurrent with the <br />willow plantings. If local stock is not available suitable containerized stock from a nursery will be <br />obtained. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Step 2: The planting will be accomplished as soon as possible after snowmelt and before bud break <br />(late April to early May). The seedling stock will be planted on approximate 20-foot centers (110Iacre) <br />using a spade. A hole approximately 6 inches deep and wide enough to accommodate the root wad <br />of the container with approximately 112 to 1 inch of space between the root wad and the edge of the <br />hole will be dug into the ground with the spade. One cup 01 a mixture 01 two parts fine sand or sandy <br />loam to one part fertilizer (18-6-6 or similar) will be placed in each hole prior to inserting the <br />cottonwood seedling. The cottonwood seedling will then be place in the hole and the soil compacted <br />firmly around the seedling. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Step 3: The seedlings will be monitored 3 times during the first summer atter planting to determine <br />whether excessive rodent or big game damage has occurred and whether survival rates are acceptable <br />(a minimum of 60 percent survival is acceptable). Seedling mortality will be compensated by addition- <br />al planting the following spring. <br /> <br />Estimated cost for acquisition and transplant of nursery stock: <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />Acquisition of seedlings from nursery $ 700 <br />Shipping costs = not determined $ 1,200 <br />Labor for planting = 60 hrs. @ $ 1 O/hr $ 600 <br />Total cost approximately $2,500 <br /> <br />Estimated cost for acquisition and transplant of native stock: <br /> <br />Acquisition of native seedlings (labor) = <br />190 hours @ 10/hr 51,900 <br />Labor for planting = 60 hrs. @ $10/hr $ 600 <br /> <br />Total cost approximately <br /> <br />$2,500 <br /> <br />Total estimated cost for management action #4: $2,500 <br /> <br />19 <br />