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• PSSFSSMED7i' OF VISUAL IMPACT - IJJI9G TERM <br />In the longer term, the influence of the proposed activities on the visual <br />quality of the area will decrease. The access/haul road will remain in place <br />to provide public access to the Fast Roatcap Creek area. Continued efforts to <br />establish tree and shrub material indigenous to the site will reduce the <br />visual contrasts of the cut and fill slopes by creating a coarser texture and <br />a mottled color pattern more characteristic of the surrounding vegetation. <br />Upon the eventual abandonment of the portal site, fill material will be <br />returned to the original cut area and blended with adjacent topography. <br />Revegetation with grasses, forbes, shrubs and trees will very nearly reclaim <br />the site to its present visual, pre-mine condition. <br />OONCLUSIONS <br />Colorado Westmorelair7 initially identified three potential sites for the <br />Orchazd Valley West Mine Portal. The site with the least potential for <br />adverse visual impacts was eventually selected for the new portal. The <br />selected portal site is located in an azea seldom seen by the public. <br />• Access to the site follows the alignment of an existing road thereby avoiding <br />the introduction of a new intrusion into the landscape. Revegetation of the <br />proposed cut and fill slopes will, upon establishment, result in visual <br />impacts that have less contrast with the surrounding landscape than the scars <br />created by the existing road. <br />Analysis of the potential visual impacts utilize the Bureau of Land <br />Management"s Visual Resource Management System. BLM personnel had previously <br />established the base line data for scenic quality in the azea. The proposed <br />activities and associated mitigation measures kere found to be conpatable with <br />BLM Visual Resource Management Objectives for the the area both in the short <br />and long term. <br />• <br />8 <br />