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Bdow ~ temm'sU r 16e eAetlon 'r6e amoeab erLde 6uv~ion ~f o6,awloM made da~dr ~ C;oetmeab ~ desaie ay eafacw~ri ufoe~ utrt Aa~db ~ sdtls figs a aedmn s~M4fis eofircemat ntiou This was a psatial irrpectim which was cotnducted in order k. obecve the conditim of vegetstim m the rcelaimed none site concurrmlly with vegetstim s=nplicSg efforts undertaken by the operator in prepaation for a firm bard release spplicstim. A carnadtant, Waarcn Keanrsera•, was retained bf the operator to do the vegdatim studies. Mr. Ksatanaar hu done the irterim nrorotairg ofth revegetatim rt the mine siroe the site was rcchomed He was collextirg the fist of two yeast of dsla which will be required to darnoertrate whethc the revegetstim done hY the operttar snaexfs the tuexess atandads in the mine pemot Vegetarian sarQlitg was behg done in ilrc Sagdgnna relLantx era during the time of this inspection Sampling in the gss reference ass had ahsaely bear cm4leted Sampling in the ralasatim had not yet ~BFm- Vegetative cover was being estimated by rrul~g point irtateat obsavetian with at ocvla scope 100 obavationr was being made, 2 excln at K mete irtcvals, along rarrdamlylocated 25-nnetc trareexta Herbaceous proei-stian was bang eaturealed by c1iPPhB g~ and farbe inside randomly located, l-square meter qusdrsta. (lraw clippings was bang sep:ated by epesies while forts was bang septrated by rssuda and pcasoals Woody stern Courts were bang taken in 23m % 2m bdt tramecta in cogjunctim with rover trteuecta. The wmpling methods appeared to be in sceordancs with methods rsconnea-ded in the l~ivirim's bad Tdese guldelirtes. The reclaimed Bourg Mine site has a pcanial, self-wataining vegetatim Cmnunity wtuch fus bem very effextive d controlling emsim and, appaet to be very capable of supporting the poR-mine land user ad'eatge lad and wildlife habitat the ass ralaurned in 1984 is detonated by sage 6suar, with native gnma and s few fort ietat;eated betweae the age. Mary of the rage ere a murk err 3 felt till and, re producing seed the predorteiera~t grasses in thin eras was rneedle graeaa and vslnatgasea, with some faeue rd Lilian rice~rre and la~sc amounts of oflrr grasses pretest Rocky mountain peartarnon ad a Macarsrtlnns was fairly consnon A few epexienae of a rmfive aetrtgalua, rrtelope bitterbnn~ and rabbitbruah was sleo oberrved there was same variety in the rlursRC of vegefatim within differat partioer of the 1984 rsclanatim although, ro regnriicaat bas alas was observed the 1988 rsclaoatim is prsdonrrmttly s goers cormsaoty dtlnoengtn, these ens mrrnaous aomllc sage brush plans in some seas,awell s a diverts surd of shuts nee the deainuge along the tsottlnvest aide of the site. Tree dominat gnomes apparel to be Bosnian wildeye and strsernbank a thidupeTre whatgran. Wotan wisotgrts, ueeNo-~d-tlread, fidian ricegrao ad oorariatrol outnrarca of olhv g:sw were also obaaved Rodry anometain paite»ron ad yarow ass preset tin this sea. there ere scattered apeaimaee of wiAafetend atdope bittebuuh, err wdL Mudr of the grass had failed W produce sad this yea, ere was the are at attic reclahned nwxs in NaAh Pak. Herbscevera peductim apparod to hsve respaded fririy will to the loge amours of spring moisture this year. Ik+appi0gs in various parts of the reclaimed area indicate that the mine site is being utilized by age grouse No rsudoeu weeds were obstaved m the rexlainred ass with the acceptim of some Canadian tlosUe along a patim of the `~arntnat gully' which hd rexetly bear spayed with ha6iade The apnyhg appesrsd W have beat very effexfive. Caowth tin the forced refenmee sea eppared to tiro bean rdativeiy good this yea. Neither the eefaemce sea or the more site have been gored by celtle aura thry vece fantod, odnc than sane rrehnor trespeae grazing m the roclaimed ass severs! yeast ago.