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• A description of the practices to be followed to protect the environment from possible <br />adverse impacts as a result of exploration activities is as follows: <br />Where possible, drill hole sites will be located-next to existing roads and trails. !f necessary, <br />a bulldozer will be used to construct a level bench for the drill after topsoil is removed. <br />Existing roads and trails will be utilized wherever possible, and movement by equipment <br />across undisturbed terrain will be kept to a minimum. <br />Except as provided below, if existing roads or trails are disturbed by the exploration <br />activities, they will be bladed and returned to the condition equal to or better than their <br />condition prior to commencement of the exploration activities. New or additional roads will <br />be constructed only immediately prior to drilling operations. At the conclusion of the <br />exploration activity and except as provided below, new or additional roads will be bladed and <br />reseeded. All roads will have water bars and/or culverts installed, if necessary, to prevent <br />excessive erosion. Fire protection will be maintained by keeping all trash and debris from <br />accumulating. Adequate fire extinguishers will be maintained and available at each drilling <br />site. <br />The drilling sites, at the conclusion of the exploration activity will be cleaned of trash and <br />debris, leveled, retopsoiled, scarified and reseeded to prevent soil erosion. Upon the comple- <br />tion of the necessary surface preparation, the affected areas will be seeded to the following <br />mixture: <br />Species Aounds/Acre <br />Amur Intermediate Wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium) 3 <br />Arriba Western Wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii) 4 <br />Slender Wheatgrass (Agropyron trachycaulum) 4 <br />Mountain Brome {Bromus marginatus) 2 <br />Cicer Milkvetch (Astragalus cicer) 1 <br />Seeding of rehabilitated drill sites and access road locations will be accomplished in the first <br />favorable season upon completion, during the fall or early spring. The reestablishment of <br />vegetation <br /> <br />2.02-2 <br />