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Bond Release Block <br /> A Pit D Pit H Pit <br /> The species now The species now The species now <br /> growing on the growing on the growing on the <br />Seasonality and reclaimed lands reclaimed lands were reclaimed lands were <br />diversity of were chosen for chosen for their chosen for their <br />revegetation their ability to ability to support ability to support <br /> support the the approved post- the approved post- <br />species approved post- mining land use. mining land use. <br /> mining land use. <br /> Herbaceous species Herbaceous species Herbaceous species <br /> would provide would provide forage would provide forage <br />Suitability for forage with proper with proper with proper <br />livestock grazing rangeland rangeland rangeland <br /> management. management. management. <br /> Deer (elk and Deer grouse. jack <br />Antelope (deer and <br />Wildlife spotted antelope on rabbit (elk and lk <br />n <br />re <br />io <br />s <br />during inspection previous antelope on previous p <br />v <br />e <br />o <br />u <br />inspections). <br /> inspections) inspections). <br /> Heavily browsed Heavily browsed Heavily browsed <br />Animal sign found shrubs and shrubs feathers. shrubs and grasses. <br />during inspection grasses .. animal animal droppings. animal droppings. <br /> droppings. tracks. tracks. tracks. <br />Plant species - The following grasses and fortis were identified on the three bond release <br />blocks: wheat grasses. alfalfa. fescue. Great Basin wild rye, bluegrass. Lewis blue flax, <br />titer milkvetch. and small Burnett. Shrubs were: big sagebrush. silver sagebrush. <br />bitterbrush. and Wood's rose. <br />Rills and gully on parcel D A&B-84a 93-95 near north coordinate N 405.000 - Concentrated <br />sheet flow on the hillslope at this location appears to have caused the rills and a gully. <br />Consistent with Trapper's rill and gully repair plan (page 3-151 of the permit <br />application). the operator has stabilized most of the rills by placing brush in them. <br />Rills that do not contain brush appear to be healing as vegetation matures. The gully is <br />approximately 200 feet long and averages less than one foot deep. The gully (and the <br />rills) most likely formed during the multi-decade precipitation event in September 1997 <br />when substantial erosional damage occurred elsewhere on reclaimed (and undisturbed) lands <br />on Trapper. Trapper repaired other damage, but this gully was not found. It Crosses a <br />contour ditch. According to Trapper's permit. this ditch is one of those constructed to <br />control rill or sheet erosion on reclaimed hillslopes. The ditch does not appear to have <br />carried much flow recently based on vegetation growing in it and a lack of scouring in the <br />bottom. Page 4-182 of the permit calls for repair of such a ditch when needed. Upon <br />finding the gully. the operator's representative said the gully will be repaired with brush <br />within the next week. <br />