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• - Rule 2: Permitr <br />broadcast, and hydroseeding) containerized transplants of shrubs, bareroot stock, and/or mature <br />shrub transplant techniques will be utilized as appropriate for each specific area. A summary of <br />the proposed post-mine shrub plot locations are presented in Figure 2.05.419a. <br />Overall, areas of shrub seeding will maximize the following to ensure successful regrowth. <br />Seeding areas will be placed near undisturbed edges to promote introduction of natural, endemic <br />populations. Shrubs will be strip seeded along contours or on terraces, in drainages, and north <br />and east aspects to optimize moisture reserves and potential. The shrub seed mixture is detailed <br />in Table 2.05.42a. Additional shrub species may be added to the seed mixture depending on seed <br />availability and price considerations. Plum and chokecherry plantings in wetter drainages and <br />draws has been suggested by the CDOW (Kloster 1997). <br />Seeding of shrubs will occur in the fall after a killing frost and before the ground freezes (e.g. <br />October or November). Gently sloping areas will be seeded with a drill followed by a cultipacker <br />to pack the soil. Steeper slopes will be seeded with a Cyclone spreader or hydro seeded at twice <br />the normal drill rate. Mulch or hydro mulch will also be applied to these areas at 1 ton per acre <br />for cyclone spreader seeding or 250 pounds per acre for hydro mulch seeding. Hydro mulch will <br />be applied in a second application directly following seeding. The shrub seed mixture will be <br />planted in a mosaic of one to six acre plots. The grass and forb seed mixture will be planted <br />around these shrub plots but will not be included with the shrub plot mixture. <br />• Mature shrub transplanting will utilize a front~nd loader (FEL) and specialized transplant bucket. <br />Shrubs will be transplanted in t/a acre plots rather than uniform plantings, and the open areas <br />between plants will be seeded with the shrub mix. Containerized or bareroot stock may also be <br />utilized to fill in open areas. If available, a specialized transplant bucket will be used for <br />transplanting mature vegetation. The transplant bucket has straight rear and side walls so that tall <br />plants can stand upright without being injured. The load-carrying surface of the bucket has been <br />increased as compared to coal buckets. Afriction-reducing material has been applied to the <br />bottom of the bucket so that the soil pad will slide smootlily and not break. The bucket is capable <br />of picking up a soil pad at least 12 inches thick. Clumps of transplanted shrubs will include <br />serviceberry, big sagebrush, chokecherry, bitterbrush, snowberry, and Gambel oak. <br />Oak/Pinyon Pine CPw~I w~ s °n~ l <br />This revegetation community will replace the disturbed pre-mine oak/pinyon pine community and <br />will be utilized on the portal areas. The seed mixture is shown on Table 2.05.4-3. It includes <br />several species typically found on well-developed soils on gentle slopes and some steeper slopes. <br />As with the grassland seed mixture, an annual nurse crop has been added to the seed mix. <br /> <br />~-a y <br />PERMIT.rtv~M~y 39, 199! 2.05-66b (revised 5/29/98) <br />