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fihile the results from this reclaimed parcel are encouraging, <br /> they are less than productivities achieved under current reclamation <br />practices. For example, southeast of the &nergy !line No. 3 bond <br />release tract, an area seeded in October of 1977 yielded 1,988 pounds <br />of ait~dry forage per acre during the first growing season or nearly <br />four times greater than the production recorded for the 1974 seeding <br />after the second growing season, Based upon the results obtained from <br />the Energy Kine No. 3 bond release tract, premine productivity should <br />be reinstated on all revegetated areas within 3 to 4 years after <br />seeding, <br />The ability of the proposed Geed miaturea to control erosion is <br />directly related to the vegetative cover produced by the planted <br />• species, Doing the data available from the Bnergy Mine No. 3 bond <br />release area, optimal premining cover vas described by the Soil <br />Conservation Service as 35 percent. Data taken in 1977, three years <br />after seeding, indicated that the total cover on this site amounted to <br />39 percent. plant cover data taken in 1979 indicated that the total <br />cover on the site vas 89 percent. Comparison of the reclaimed cover <br />values to vegetative cover values described under Bule 2.04.10 <br />indicates that approximately three years were required at the bond <br />release site seeded in 1974 before total ground cover values were <br />similar to premising values. Otilizing the improved revegetation <br />practices developed by CYCC since 1974, it is estimated that cover <br />will reach premising levels in substantially leas than three years <br />• time. The plant species proposed for the two revegetation seed <br />mixtures are capable of providing the soil stabilization needed to <br />2.05 - 94 <br />