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Engineers' Comments~ikeview Quarry • Per Letter of April 1979 Page 3. " Question ~/3--Comment Continued (a) Continued. impact on wildlife. This statement should be true for both the mining and reclamation phases. (See Attachment No. 2 which illustrates the reclamation layout.) The wildlife area will sustain most, if not all, of the species listed in the previously submitted Wildlife Statement. Because of the proposed industrial activities, thhre would be some displacement of Bighorn Sheep, Mule-Deer, and Coyote into the adjacent valleys. (b) The seeding mix previously recommended by the Soils Conservation Service is dominated by those species that have done well in past seed ings on Queens Canyon Quarry and similar sites. The Soils Conservation mixture was as follows: Native Grass Plixture: Pubescent Wheatgrass 6 16/acre Indian Ricegrass 4 lb/acre Western Wheat 6 lb/acre Sideoats Grama 4 Ib/acre Little Bluestem 2 11b/acre Mountain Muhly 2 lb/acre Arizona Fescue 2 lb/acre TOTAL 26 lb/acre In addition to this mixture, Cicer Milkvetch would be added at the rate of 2 pounds liver seed per acre, and 2 pounds of Blue Gramma. Small amounts of the following seed will be added to the mix; Rabbit Brush, Blanket Flower, one pound of Mountain Mahogany and Pinyon Pine. The growth medium after the first year would be thickened, if required, by the application of 100 pounds of anmonium nitrate per acre. This would help to increase the vigor of the existing stands. The use of these seeds are subject to their local availability. (c) At the present, heavy browsing or grazing is not reasonably to be anticipated. In addition, the cattle grazing lands to the South and East of this Quarry are fenced. Weeds, depending on the growing season, contribute moderate to severe competition for the perennials seeded. Each year manufacturers come out with newer chemicals [hat can control "~. these weeds in seedling grasses, however, some of these chemicals