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• areas and can be operated on relatively steep terrain. All drill seeding operations will be done <br />on the contour unless steep slopes restrict operations to up and down the slope for safety <br />reasons. <br />Broadcast seeding will be carried out in areas where drill- seeding operations would be <br />restricted, including riprap drainage channels and steep slopes that have been roughened by <br />dozer or track -hoe gouging. Broadcast seeding will also be used in concentrated shrub seeding <br />areas. A Cyclone type seeder will be used for broadcast seeding operations. Broadcast seeding <br />rates, where not specifically noted, will be double the drill seeding rates. Mountain big <br />sagebrush will be broadcast or dribble seeded over the remaining acres requiring Seedmix 1 at a <br />minimum rate of 0.25 lbs per acre. <br />Shrub and tree seedlings will be planted primarily by hand methods. Hand planting improves <br />opportunities for seedlings to be placed in available microsites and allows planting where site <br />conditions would restrict larger mechanical planting equipment. Hand planting equipment <br />includes planting hoes, spades, and bars, or portable planting augers. Mechanical seedling <br />planting will be considered as an optional planting method on sites, which are not excessively <br />• steep or rocky. Mechanical seedling planting will be conducted on the contour. Planting of <br />shrub and tree seedlings will be conducted primarily in the fall as dormant plantings. Spring <br />dormant plantings may be conducted if conditions permit. <br />Live shrub clump transplant areas, when developed, will be established using methods similar <br />to those implemented at the Seneca II and Yoast Mines. Mature shrubs will be salvaged in <br />advance of topsoil stripping operations or from native shrub stands adjacent to the limit of <br />topsoil stripping. The shrub clump transplant area will be prepared by replacing slightly deeper <br />topsoil in the transplant area in order for a basin to be constructed that will retain sufficient <br />topsoil between graded spoil and the transplanted shrub clump. Following the first killing <br />frost, shrub clumps will be salvaged using front -end loaders or similar equipment and <br />transported to the transplant area. Once the shrub clump is placed in the basin, topsoil will be <br />pushed and compacted around each clump. Supplemental watering will follow placement of <br />the shrub clump and final topsoil shaping. <br />The live shrub clump transplant areas will vary from 1.0 to 1.5 acres in size and may be placed <br />• in the vicinity of concentrated planting locations shown on Exhibit 22 -1. The transplant area <br />may contain up to 100 individual shrub clumps per acre. Transplant areas will be sufficiently <br />PR -05 <br />35 <br />Revised 04/06 <br />