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Wetland Indicator Status from USFWS, National Wetland Inventory (www.nwi.Tw: OBL -Obligate Wetland; FACW -Facultative Wetland FAC -Facultative; FACU -Facultative Upland UPL -Upland (non-wetland); NI - No Indicator Status FACW+ Facultative species more frequently found in wetlands FACW- Facutative species less frequently found in wetlands S/S -Shrub Scrub R/U -Riparian Upland tPlant Species Recommended by Rocky Mountain Native Plant Company, Rifle, CO (Randy Weed-free straw or wood chips will be used around woody plants in the forested upland and shrublscrub zones to hold moisture around plants and prevent die-out especially in the early stages of establishment. As a result of the climatic conditions described within Exhibit K„ available soil moisture is the main limiting factor to vegetation growth in semiarid and arid climates, the upland and shrublscrub vegetation in the created wetlands atthe D Road Gravel Pit will require irrigation until plants and grasses are established -about one yearin a normal precipkation year. Irrigation water will be supplied from an existing source on the site using a pump sufficiently powerful to pump water through a temporary system of aluminum pipes with sprinkler heads attached in sufficient numbers to overlap vegetated sites. WEED CONTROL - If necessary, weed control measures will be employed fo the control of noxious weed species. Weeds listed on Mesa County's Noxious Weed List are of primary concern. Of the 191isted weeds, Russian knapweed (Acroptiion repens L.) and whketop (Cardaria drabaJ are present on the proposed wetland site. Tamarisk (Tamarix ramossissima), also onsite, appears as a "species recommended for control" on the Mesa County list. The whitetop will be treated once with Escort®in a concentration of one ounce per acre in the Spring at first bloom; or alternatively, in the Spring with a solution of six ounces of glyphosate (Roundup®) plus two ounces of 2-4-D pergallon of water before flowering and again after flowering. Russian knapweed will be treated with a two percent solution of Curtail®in the Spring between bud and bloom or in the Fall just prior to dormancy. Tamarisk will be controlled at any time of year by cutting trees with trunks greater than two inches in diameter to within six inches of the ground and treating the cut stumps with a mixture of Garlon 4® and avegetable-base crop oil in a 25% solution. For trees with trunk diameters of less than two inches, a basal spray technique with a 20% solution is effective. Alternately, stands of tamarisk may be bulldozed or burned one year and the re-sprouts treated wkh the basal spray technique the following year. The stockpiled overburden and topsoil will be monitored for noxious weed growth and treated, if necessary, according to the above schedule.