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P. Plage ATTACHMENT A <br /> February 3, 2006 <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br /> from the river or the 1-ft floodway, whichever was wider. The plan would have allowed <br /> winter mining in this second buffer zone. <br /> New data indicate that gravel resources within 300 ft of the river are sparse. Therefore, <br /> Coulson now proposes to create a permanent 300-ft wide buffer zone between the river <br /> and mining activities (Figure 1). No cattle grazing will occur in the buffer and it will be <br /> planted with native species recommended by the Natural Resource Conservation Service <br /> (Fusaro, 2002) as indicated in Table 1. In addition to the herbaceous seed mixture, some <br /> cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) will be planted near the northern edge of the PMJM <br /> buffer and small clumps of shrubs will be planted throughout the PMJM buffer. Shrubs <br /> will include chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), golden current (Ribes aureum), and <br /> American plum (Prunus americana). Shrubs will be planted in small clumps of three or <br /> four plants. <br /> References Cited <br /> Fusaro, J. 2002. (Natural Resource Conservation Service) personal communications <br /> with P. Davis, Weiland, Inc. August 2 and September 20, 2002. <br /> Please let me know your thoughts about these revised conservation measures and inform <br /> me about additional steps we need to take to reach an agreement. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> W ' d, Inc. <br /> Peter R. Davis, Ph.D. <br /> Certified Wildlife Biologist <br /> cc: Mike Sherman, CDOW <br /> Weiland. Inc. <br /> �nv/ronmental ff Engineering <br />