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<br /> <br />affected area. At the present time, BLM and the Agricul- <br />tural Research Service are conducting several vegetation <br />studies at Energy Fuels. If they identify better species or <br />combinations of species, these xould be used. In Energy <br />Fuel's opinion, the planting of an annual, such as xinter- <br />xheat, helps stabilize the soil and create better stands of <br />grasses. The practice of adding winterwheat to the mixture <br />would continue where planting took place in the fall. The <br />planting of annuals for soil stability when the seedbed is <br />prepared in late spring xould also continue. Annuals xould <br />be seeded at a rate of 25 pounds per acre. <br />Shrubs and trees would be transplanted, where there would be <br />2 to 3 feet of topsoil which are also the areas of high <br />moisture retention. These areas would be flagged prior to <br />transplanting. Species to be transplanted would be aspen, <br />serviceberry, chokecherry, snowberry, Gambel's oak, sage- <br />brush and wild rose. Transplanting would be done xith <br />front-end loaders and tree spades and the above species <br />would also be planted as tublings or containerized as they <br />become available from commercial resources, Other species, <br />such as ponderosa pine, douglas fir, willow, Russian olive, <br />and juniper, would be planted as bare root stock. Several <br />of these species are planted in reclaimed areas on a trial <br />basis now, and data from these plantings x111 be useful. <br />Sites of these plantings, number planted, time and species <br />17 <br />