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• CMLRB -Exhibit E <br />Reclamation Plan <br />Page 2 <br />Exhibit F hows the post-mining and reclamation topography. Reclamation will proceed at the <br />stages of mining as topography is built from overburden materials, and topsoil is <br />replaced as shown in Table E-1. Earth will be moved from the area to be mined to its final site <br />by use of the mine haulage trucks, whereupon it will be graded to the desired contours by <br />dozers. Topsoil will be hauled to the site in wcks or scrapers and spread to depths indicated <br />in Table E- . <br />Post-reclamation Land Use <br />Land use after reclamation, in the area that was disturbed by mining and reclamation, will be <br />primarily wildlife habitat and will be consistent with similar uses of adjacent and nearby lands, <br />both public and private. Steep land to the west on Indian Mountain and to the east on Rabbit <br />Mountain is currently valuable wildlife habitat, and the development of diverse topography and <br />vegetation cover on what had formerly been primarily plowed marginal agricultural land will <br />enhance the usefulness of the entire area to wildlife. <br />• Wildlife Habitat Construction <br />Features of the Dowe Flats Reclamation Plan that address enhancement of wildlife habitat <br />include the following: <br />Rimrock <br />Lagomorphs will be encouraged through development of hillside "rimrock" burrow habitat. <br />Hunting Perches <br />Hunting by raptors will be encouraged by establishment of hilltop perches, initially telephone <br />pole artificial perches followed by development of cottonwood and pine trees in hilltop/hilltop <br />depressions (Figure E-1) <br />Ponds/Wetlands <br />A large variety of birds as well as mammals, reptiles, and amphibians will be encouraged by the <br />creation of mosaic ponds and herbaceous and wooded wetlands. <br />• <br />