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able to work around most pine trees. Any pine trees which must be removed will be <br />disposed offsite at an approved disposal facility or used as fire wood. Alternatively, if a <br />chipper is available we may use the wood chips for soil stabilization in conjunction with <br />the landscape fabric. <br />(2) If the Operator's choice of reclamation is forest planting, they may, with the <br />approval of the department, select the type of trees to be planted: <br />No tree planting will occur. <br />(3) If the Operator's choice of reclamation is for range, the land shall be <br />restored to slopes commensurate with the proposed land use and shall not be <br />too steep to be traversed by livestock: <br />The post exploration land use is wildlife habitat. To the best of our knowledge, livestock <br />do not use the area. <br />(4) The revegetation plan shall provide for the greatest probability of success in <br />plant establishment and vegetation development by considering environmental <br />factors such as seasonal patterns of precipitation, temperature and wind; soil <br />texture and fertility; slope stability; and direction of slope faces. Similar attention <br />shall be given to biological factors such as proper inoculation of legume seed, <br />appropriate seeding and transplanting practices, care of forest planting stock, and <br />restriction of grazing during initial establishment. The Board or Office, in <br />consultation with the landowner and the local Soil Conservation District, if any, <br />shall determine when grazing may start: <br />No vegetation seeding or planting are proposed for the waste dump sample sites. <br />(5) To insure the establishment of diverse and long lasting vegetative cover, the <br />Operator shall employ appropriate techniques of site preparation and protection <br />such as mechanical soil conditioning by discing and ripping; mulching; soil <br />amendments and fertilizers; and irrigation: <br />Not applicable since the site is an historic waste dump and only small areas of the dump <br />will be affected by the prospecting activity. The dump is mostly barren with a few pine <br />trees present. No seeding or planting is planned for the dump at the conclusion of our <br />prospecting operations. <br />(6) Methods of weed control shall be employed for all prohibited noxious weed <br />species, and whenever invasion of a reclaimed area by other weed species seriously <br />threatens the continued development of the desired vegetation: <br />Please see Attachment IV. <br />16 <br />