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' ~ I'RRT II PROPOShll O1'liRnT10NS lakes are also shovan (figure 3). These lakes vary in depth from 1 to 5 feet and thus v/ill pro':~ide considerable diversity for aduotic plants, small fish, and a fcedinci ground for birds such as the heron. Portions of the site hill be decelopeci into cattail marshes (see figure •4). 1'l:ese mar:;hes v: ill provide habitat for voles, fiald mice, and ether small marvnals. The large ]ahe in thy. nortlnvestorn part of the site is designed somewhat differently than the eastern (fishe.ry) 1al:e. The emphasis in this lake is on diversity of vaater depth and botlorn configur~ition. 'Phese islands were also designed to pror~iote goose and ciucl; nesting. The western edge of this ]ahe v!ill be i gently slopiny from the marshes (figure 5). This shallova water will become a spawning area and in tr++n a feeding area for various shore birds. Tho upland areas (small hillsl will be reclaimed as dry upland yrassland-sl'rru13 (J) 1 communitios (figure 5). The hill (figure 4) in the soutlwrest comer will be well-drained and would suppar't coniferous [reel such as Ponderosa pine on top with pinon-juniper along the dry slopes. The oxbow lake in the extreme southwest corner (see figure. S) will be a constant level lake and as such should provida o suitable habitat for spruce and fir along the shoreline. In summary than wa see the proposed mining site as a much more diverse area in Uoth fauna and flora after reclamation than exists today. This diversity will rnako this site more attractive, stable, and biologically more interesting. F. Flooding - after gravel mining operations have }seen completed and the reclamation plan has been carried out the area will lie almost entirely within the flood plain of liouide.r Creek. There will be no permanent structures within (a) See appendix IV for flora of the. upland type. -I/- +.