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IRIS MITIGATION AND DESIGN, INC. <br />IRIS 2022 Arapahoe Street <br />MITIGATION AND DESIGN, INC. Golden, Colorado 80401 <br />Environmental Consulting Phone: 720 - 272 -1985 <br />bleisure @irismitigation.com <br />seeded areas during the summer of 2013 (see Table 4). Following the Flood, greater than 80 <br />percent of these seeded areas were destroyed by scouring from flooding, deposition of cobble, <br />rocks, sand, and soil, and by landslides from steep higher slopes collapsing. Of the 0.25 acre <br />seeded mitigation areas, approximately 0.04 acre of seeded area remained such that 85 <br />percent of the seeded areas were destroyed by the Flood (see Table 4). <br />ISeeded Areas in 2014 <br />The following summarizes the 2014 seeded area conditions according to 2014 transect and plot <br />data collected on September 18, 2014 (see Tables 4 and 5). <br />Area 1 (0.09 Acre Restored Upland Area) <br />Area 1 was covered by a soil landslide during the 2013 Flood. The upland area was cleared <br />and has been re- vegetating since this time. Transect and plot data show that the area is re- <br />vegetating with approximately 37 percent desirable native and non - native species on average <br />and approximately 63 percent weedy and bare areas. This 0.09 acre area had less than 20 <br />percent vegetation in 2013 after the Flood. It is therefore slowly recovering since the Flood. As <br />described in the "2013 Phase 1 - Mitigation Monitoring Report", this 0.09 acre seeded mitigation <br />area will be spot seeded as needed in 2015 or at the end of Phase 2 construction during overall <br />site reclamation. Weeds will be managed during the 2015 growing season and beyond as <br />needed. <br />Schwartzwalder Mine Phase 1 — 2014 Second Annual Mitigation Monitoring Report Page 5 <br />March 2015 <br />