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IV. CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY <br /> Following Notice To Proceed specified trees(Colorado Blue spruce @ 5,500, Engleman Spruce @5,500, <br /> Douglas fir @ 5,500, sub Alpine Fir @ 2,250) were delivered to the site. Due to Purchasing Division <br /> regulations, Bitterroot, a Montana company, subbed out the majority of the planting to Angle of Repose <br /> Reclamation, a Colorado Company. Bitterroot supervised the planting. <br /> At all areas,excepting roads,Trees were planted in pods,each pod containing 30 trees spaced eight feet <br /> apart from each other. Five pods were planted per acre, with pods being no closer than 35 feet from each <br /> other. On the reclaimed roads, the trees were planted near the outside edge of the road, inward for a <br /> distance of forty feet. Pods on the roads were spaced no closer than fifty feet from each other. Prior to <br /> planting, all growing plant materials were removed from a 12 inch radius around the planting spot. The <br /> trees were planted using `hoedads' to construct the hole. Natural tree shades, such as organic materials or <br /> rock. were placed on the south side of the trees if material was readily available. Planting of sub-alpine fir <br /> was restricted to elevations over 8,500 feet. <br /> A field directive(No. 2)directed that 200 trees be planted on the south facing Mine 1 Mine Bench <br /> Outslope. These trees were planted as an erosion control experiment, with the additional cost of <br /> purchasing and planting the trees to be borne by the Coal Basin Non-Point Source Grant. 100 of these <br /> trees were planted with tree protectors, while the remaining 100 were planted without tree protectors. <br /> V. FUTURE MAINTENANCE <br /> Coal regulatory Program Vegetation experts may want to evaluate the survival success in the future. No <br /> other maintenance is anticipated. <br /> VI. SUMMARY <br /> This Project was intended to improve the overall site reclamation success by establishing woody plants on <br /> previously reclaimed areas. The overall success rate is projected to be 75 — 100 live stems per acre at 5 <br /> years. <br /> Project Manager Steve Renner <br /> Date 12-04-00 <br /> M:\imp\closeout\coalbtrees.doc <br />