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TR-07 RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> upland areas, but it remains a problem in some lowland areas. Therefore, the two primary species to be <br /> concerned about on the remaining area to be mined is Knapweed and Canada Thistle.) <br /> ELEMENTS OF THE WEED MANAGEMENT PLAN: <br /> The most important ingredient in weed management is prevention. As the opportunity for <br /> prevention of invasion is long past, keeping the weeds out is not an option. However, preventing new <br /> invasions from entering is feasible. Therefore, frequent and thorough monitoring of all areas that are in <br /> use, including roadsides, is important. <br /> The next element must be prevention of invasions into new locations, especially affected lands. <br /> This is referred to as containment. Adaptive Management does not actually apply very well to a weed <br /> management plan where weeds are already present or are expected to invade the disturbed site. For weeds, <br /> one must be fully prepared beforehand and ready to act as soon as the noxious or other undesirable weeds <br /> appear on the site. If the area is weed free and suddenly weeds appear, then Adaptive Management <br /> provides a means to take care of the growing problem. But for the weeds on this site, Active Management <br /> is the only approach that will be effective. <br /> On a larger, somewhat more abstract level, weed control methodologies require the use of an <br /> approach that is not unlike fighting wildfires. First, one identifies the extent of the fire. Next, containment <br /> (preventing spread) is implemented. And last, is maintaining containment and putting out the hot spots <br /> that provide a source for renewal. The one difference between the fire model and the weed model is that in <br /> the fire model, completely putting out the fire is the goal. With weeds that may or may not be possible. On <br /> this site, at this point,putting out the Knapweed fire is possible,but putting out the Leafy Spurge fire is <br /> very likely impossible without total sterilization of the land. Even that probably would not work. <br /> Eventually the spurge would reinvade from other sources further south on Coal Creek. Therefore, with the <br /> spurge, containment and maintenance is all that can realistically be expected. <br /> SPECIFICS OF THE WEED CONTROL PLAN: <br /> 1. Pre-revegetation treatment- TR-07 applicability: This is no longer needed for the <br /> remaining area to be mined as large populations of noxious weeds do not occur there. <br /> 2. Inspection of All Affected Lands- All affected lands (including previously mined and <br /> reclaimed lands)will be thoroughly inspected twice per year. The inspections will occur in <br /> May to early June and in late August to early September. The inspections will examine all <br /> roadsides and all land within approximately 30 feet of the roadside. It will examine all work <br /> areas, including the plant site and mining areas. Inspection of all soil and overburden <br /> stockpiles will be done as well as active, inactive, and reclaimed mining areas. Inspections <br /> will also examine all tributary drainages near current or near future mining areas. <br /> Coal Creek Sand Resource Amendment 3 (2005)- M-1988-044 Exhibit E Page 23 <br />