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• CMLRB -Exhibit E Reclamation Plan Page 3 Prairie DQe Habitat In the east valley, existing degraded cultivated land will be replaced with shallow soil grassland interspersed with new ridges. Prairie dogs are expected to occupy these vegetated areas without impediment. Reclamation Schedule Reclamation will occur concurrently with mining and will proceed, generally, from south to north. Where possible, topsoil will be immediately hauled directly to graded sites and placed to revegetation. In some cases tO~OII~P~ ~^ hP cfn~oil in the greys indicate . Exhibit F. Reclamation Procedures Construction of Topopraphic Features • Topographic features will be constructed of coarse waste rock. ,The ~~ste rock cor~of these eatur ed with 24- me ov " 'mrock" structures are plannrci rF'igure E-2). These "rimrock" features will exnn~ linear bands of coarse rock on - - -~~ hillsides and will pie habitat for small mammals, especially hares and rabbits, that will ~-- ---~ provide part of she prev_hase~f raptors now dependent largely on a sm>;le species (i a prairie - dogs). Voids within the coarse rock will offer burrow habitat not available elsewhere to the .-~ Y -- - - reclamation (or existing) landscape. Subsoil Placement In the areas of the excavated limestone and on the surface of waste rock cores of constructed topography, ~iae-overb~den will be placed to depths fr laceme9t to provide subsoil fo tion. Topsoil Salvage Topsoil will be salva c~d~t# 12 inches. Soil will be transported to one torase - piles in ' ted_ r~Exhi-bit F,I or placed directly on_a-~raded_curface in preparation for seeding/planting. • Topsoil Storage Topsoil will be stored in piles with sloped sty*+P* r!tm^,~:;,)•1(v).~An~terceptor berm tsoc n ntcted aroun eac pl ~'he stored material will be stabilized as indicated under Temporary Surface Stabilization, below.