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RECLAMATION PLAN EXHIBIT F (CONT.) <br />Careful analysis of the growth medium and salvageable soil <br />will permit the operator to carry out a soil additive program and <br />to monitor the prescribed seeding plan and to determine if the <br />plan requires revision. Under normal weather conditions, an <br />adequate moisture reserve will be present for establishment of <br />the proposed seed mixture. No irrigation is planned for this <br />site because we will be attempting to create a diverse dryland <br />site that is non -water dependent. No revegetation will take <br />place on access road. <br />RRVRGRTATION PROGRAM <br />The revegetation program to be implemented by the Walsenburg <br />Sand and Gravel, CO. is detailed below. The topsoiling plan <br />presented above and this revegetation program is devised after <br />careful review of the existing soil conditions and present <br />vegetation, both on the site and in the NRCS report. <br />" Revegetation will be carried out in such a way so as to estab- <br />lish a diverse, effective and long - lasting vegetative cover that <br />is capable of self- regeneration without continued dependence on <br />irrigation, soil amendments or fertilizers." The plan is de- <br />signed to create a vegetative cover that is at least equal in <br />extent to the cover of the natural vegetation before mining. The <br />use of species native to the area is included. Since the in- <br />tended use of the reclaimed land as rangeland, any slopes created <br />will be commensurate with this final land use and in most cases <br />will only serve to improve the site. <br />Seed will be drilled wherever possible, when drilling is not <br />possible, the seed will be broadcast. The revegetation plan <br />provides for the greatest probability of success in plant estab- <br />lishment and vegetative development by considering environmental <br />factors such as seasonal patterns of precipitation, temperatures <br />and wind. Other considerations, such as soil texture, fertility, <br />slope stability and the direction in which slopes face, have been <br />considered. A weed control plan is included in the Appendix <br />section of this packet for your review. <br />The road will remain on the site to provide access for <br />planting crews and for the supervision and inspection of the <br />reclamation plan. This road will provide the owner's with access <br />to the surrounding property when reclamation is complete. <br />14 <br />