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GRAZING CONTROL: <br /> A. No domestic grazing should occur until the revegetation is well <br /> established. (If a new clump of grass easily comes out by its roots when <br /> pulled then it is not well established. If it requires a good strong tug then <br /> it is probably established. If the grass is producing a good seed crop then <br /> it is established.) <br /> B. Generally,with most grasses in an average habitat it will take at least <br /> two years for grass to become established. At this site,plan on a <br /> minimum of 3 years to establishment. It could be more. This is very <br /> desert-like. <br /> C. When grazing is introduced it should be light grazing the first year. <br /> Timing of Reclamation <br /> 1. The law requires reclamation be performed"contemporaneously." That means when a <br /> piece of mined or affected land is no longer of any use in conducting the operation, <br /> reclaim it. <br /> A. It is most efficient to reclaim fairly large areas at one time. <br /> B. Small areas tend to get redisturbed easily by mistake and doing small areas tend <br /> to create a kind of patchwork quilt of reclamation areas. <br /> 2. Reclamation can be costly and it rarely gets less expensive to wait. <br /> A. Waiting until the end of the operation is rarely an economical way to reclaim. <br /> B. Waiting also opens the door for large noxious weed invasions that are expensive <br /> to eliminate. <br /> 3. In this plan, the soil/overburden strippings are to be stockpiled near where reclamation <br /> will be needed rather than stockpiling in far away locations that require extensive and <br /> expensive haulage back to where the material will be used for reclaiming the land. <br /> 4. Contemporaneous reclamation allows for faster releases of mined land and that reduces <br /> the amount of bond needed to warranty the reclamation that is still needed. <br /> Fountain Pit Technical Revision#3 - June 2022 M-1982-155 Reclamation Plan Page 8 of 23 <br />