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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID#: M-1977-342 PAGE: 4 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 8-11-03 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: ACS <br />8. The Henderson Industrial Landfill was inspected. Periodic <br />covering of trash is being completed, with very little uncovered <br />trash observed at the time of this inspection. No blowing trash <br />or other potential problems were observed. <br />9. Forested areas in the National Forest surrounding Henderson <br />property have been decimated by pine beetles. Recognizing the <br />threat of pine beetles to forested areas on the Henderson <br />property, Henderson embarked on an aggressive logging program in <br />the fourth quarter of year 2000. The forested area northeast of <br />No. 1-Dam was thinned early during the beetle control project, and <br />as a result has some surviving mature trees. Tree thinning makes <br />the forest more susceptible to wind damage, and a number of <br />healthy trees have been blown over. Forested areas that were not <br />thinned early in the project have been thoroughly infested, and <br />Henderson continues logging for the purpose of removing the dead <br />trees. A discussion of forest recovery following the beetle kill <br />has held. Henderson has observed that the areas that were logged <br />in the summer are showing good natural regeneration, and Henderson <br />plans to focus tree and shrub planting to areas with high public <br />visibility and winter logged areas. we discussed the tree and <br />shrub planting diversity requirements of the mined land <br />reclamation permit. Henderson wants the flexibility to conduct <br />planting programs that may include focused planting of just one or <br />a few species of trees and shrubs into selected areas of one or <br />more acres. For example, in areas where there is sufficient <br />sustained soil moisture to support spruce trees, Henderson may <br />plant spruce trees to the exclusion of other species, It is DMG's <br />determination that Henderson's permit allows the flexibility to <br />conduct these types of planting programs. Species diversity will <br />be considered on a site wide basis rather than on an acre-by-acre <br />basis. This determination is in accordance with Rule 3.1.10 of <br />the Hard RockJMetal Mining Rules of the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board, which states, in part: <br />The revegetation plan shall provide for the greatest <br />probability of success in plant establishment and <br />vegetation development by considering environmental factors <br />such as seasonal patterns of precipitation, temperature and <br />wind; soil texture and fertility; slope stability; and <br />direction of slope faces. Similar attention shall be given <br />to biological factors such as proper inoculation of legume <br />seed, appropriate seeding and transplanting practices, care <br />of forest planting stock, and restriction of grazing during <br />initial establishment. <br />l0. Canada Thistle infestation was observed around the tailing basin. <br />