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<br /> <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />ALEXANDER PIT - NIELSONS, INC. <br />Some topsoil exists along the edge of the river. This topsoil along <br />with the high water table in the area have produced a variety of grasses and <br />shrubs along with cottonwoods in the strip along the river. <br />The area of operation has no topsail, and vegetation is nearly non- <br />existant. Stripping will consist mainly of removing oversize rock, driftwood, <br />and trash from the surface area. Some of this material will be used to bury <br />any vegetation that is removed, and the rest left in stockpiles along the edge of <br />the worked area. <br />After removed of the gravel and completion of the operation, any ridges <br />of stripped material or waste from crushing and washing will be spread over <br />the pit area, and the surface area will be left in a neat condition. No <br />revegetation is planned as there is no topsoil at the existing site that <br />would support such reclamation. The area will be left as river bottom but <br />with a lower elevation than at present. This should improve chances of <br />seasonal flooding which may provide enough silt and native plants to ve- <br />getate the area. <br />Another possible reclamation plan if conditions allow and if approved <br />by the Land Reclamation Board would be to excavate gravel below water level <br />and thus leave ponds to create a wildlife area. Colorado's Division of <br />Wildlife would be consulted in this type of reclamation effort. <br />