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RECLAMATION PLAN EXHIBIT E Icontl <br />RSVEGBTATION PROGRAM <br />The revegetation program to be implemented is detailed <br />below. It incorporates recommendations taken from the report <br />prepared by Ms. Heeney of the Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service's, Kremmling area office. Her report is located in the <br />SOILS AND VEGETATION section of this application . <br />RSVBGSI'ATTON INPORbiAT/ON <br />The topsoiling plan presented earlier and the revegetation <br />program are devised after careful review of the existing soil <br />conditions and present vegetation, both on site and in the <br />reports contained in the SOILS AND VECETATioN section. Revegetation <br />will be carried out in such a way, so as to establish a diverse, <br />effective and long-lasting vegetative cover that is capable of <br />self-regeneration without continued dependence on irrigation, <br />soil amendments or fertilizers. The plan is designed to create a <br />vegetative cover that is at least equal in extent to the cover of <br />the natural vegetation before mining. we have chosen to enhance <br />the MRCS seeding recommendation and have added additional native <br />species to the mix. The revegetation plan provides for the <br />greatest probability of success in plant establishment and <br />vegetative development by considering environmental factors such <br />as seasonal patterns of precipitation, temperatures and wind. <br />other considerations, such as soil texture, fertility and slope <br />stability have been considered. The RECLANAnoN PLAN Mar shows the <br />sloping plan and areas that will be revegetated for the site. <br />Seed will be drilled wherever possible, when drilling is not <br />possible, the seed will be broadcast. In areas that where it may <br />necessary to broadcast seed the seed amounts will be doubled. <br />Since the intended use of the reclaimed land is rangeland and the <br />slopes will be restored to rates commensurate with such use. A <br />weed control plan is included in this application to address <br />noxious weed control. <br />Access roads will be left through the areas to be planted to <br />provide access for planting crews and for the supervision and <br />inspection of the completed reclamation. Only the main access <br />road will remain when mining ends to ensure the owner's have <br />access to the pit area. Final grading on the road will be done <br />before the pit is closed. <br />13 <br />