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VI. E!CHIBIT E - RECLaivIATION PL.aN ' The primary focus of reclamation of the site following mining is the creation of an open water lake or water reservoir with a sable and vegetated shoreline around the perimeter as depicted ' in Figures F-I and F-Z, Exhibit F - Reclamation Plan ivlap(s). Reclamation will occur concurrently with mining and is expected to be completed by the year 2018. The final reclamation land use will be as either an open lake or water reservoir. Wildlife habits[ and/or ' open space areas will surround the reclaimed site and a trail corridor will be preserved along the Cache La Poudre River. ' Reclamation, as for mining, will proceed from the southwest portion of the si[e towards the ' north and east, and reclamation grading will be concurrent with mining. Final reclamation grading will be in the Phase 4 mining area where the final mining will take place. Grading will be followed by planting of trees, shrubs, and grasses on the newly established shoreline and side slopes. The southern portion of the site will contain a trail corridor alone the Cache La Poudre River. Grading will be performed to create a natural shoreline around the lake constructed entirely ' within the exis[ing tloodplain and almost entirely within the tloodway. The 3:1 (H: V) final reclamation side slopes will be reclaimed with overburden and waste soil materials to create stable shoreline slopes. No excavation "highwalls" will be left at the site. Backtilling will occur concurrently with mining. Grading will be uniform and continuous and performed in such a manner to provide stable slopes, minimize erosion, and limit siltation. The time table for each mining phase, and hence for each reclamation phase, is included in ' Exhibit D. The topsoil and clayey overburden soils will be stockpiled locally within each phase and, to a ' limited extent, on the East 8'" Street Pit Area, then worked around the perimeter of the active mining phase while it is being mined. Limited final reclamation of any given phase will ' occur during initial mining of the subseyuent phase. Some stockpiling of excess overburden and temporary topsoil supply may occur along the east end of the site boundary within the excavation setbacks to improve visual impact mitigation. Topsoil and overburden 5[ockpiles that remain in place For periods longer than one growing season will be seeded wi[h a fast- growing temporarv cover seed mi.x to protect them from erosion by wind or precipi[ation. 'I'KUJ Id ItiCOJh7 Grcelc•~^rcrlc; Pcrinn ir.iaJ Jec I~