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made because the sites have greater than 30% relative cover of pinon and <br />juniper and occur on slopes greater than 2G%. As such, no condition rating <br />can properly be given to these areas. <br />The mixed shrub reference area occurs on soils which are classified as a <br />Mountain Clay Loam range site. The area, however, does not fit the description <br />well because the reference area is so heavily stocked with gambel oak. The <br />area could also be typed as a Ponderosa Pine woodland without the Ponderosa <br />pine overstory. Neither situation adequately describes the reference area <br />and, as such, no meaningful range condition could be determined. <br />Reclamation Plan - The following presents the species and respective <br />seeding rates (expressed in lbs (PLS) per acre and seeds per square foot) <br />utilized in the proposed Orchard Valley Mine seed mix. <br /> lb. (PLS) per seeds per <br /> acre square foot <br />• Species <br />Arriba western wheatgrass 14 41 <br />(Agropyron smithii) <br />Sodar streambank wheatgrass 10 37 <br />(Agropyron riparium) <br />beardless wheatgrass 5 16 <br />(Agropyron inerme) <br />Indian ricegrass 5 22 <br />(Oryzopsis hymenoides) <br />thickspike wheatgrass 5 21 <br />(Agropyron dasystachycum) <br />Huban white sweetclover 10 60 <br />(Melilotus alba) <br />Total 49 197 <br /> <br />-28- <br />