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• Based on on-site observation, the dominate vegetation consists of the following: <br />Outcrop to be mined: <br />75%-85% Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) <br />~%-10% Yucca (Yucca glauca) <br />Meadow areas surrounding the outcrop: <br />90% Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) <br />Transitional areas between outcrop and meadow areas: <br />80%-85% Needle-and-thread (Stipa neomexicana) <br />5%-l0% Yucca (Yucca glauca) <br />The low-lying area to the west of the site included Sanbaz Willow (salix exigua), <br />Cottonwood (populus augustafolia) and miscellaneous grasses. Other plants observed <br />onsite included a variety of forbes and grasses, including some invasive plants such as <br />purple loosestrife. Several of these could not be identified because of the lack of flower <br />heads at the time of observation. <br />The surface soil material apneazs rocky, and is described as being shallow, up to 6 inches <br />thick, with rapid permeability. To date soil samp]es have not been analyzed for available <br />• nutrients related to re-vegetation measures that will be needed to re-establish vegetation. <br />Sub-Surface soils include stony sandy loam, approximately 5 inches thick. <br />Pre-mining operations will include the removal of the surface material to be stockpiled <br />separately from the overburden that will be removed and processed for landscape rock <br />mulch materials. Additional information provided below. <br />A perimeter berm will be created along the boundary of the quarry site on the west side <br />adjacent to the wetland and wetland buffer. On the east side, overburden will be <br />stockpiled into 6' berms, which will reduce in visual impacts and improve sound <br />attenuation. <br />Stabilization practices and re-vegetation procedures described below will be performed <br />on all disturbed materials: Wetland berms, stockpiles, overburden berms, and post- <br />mining cells that are being reclaimed. <br />Reclamation Plan Objectives <br />• To prescribe concun-ent grading, contouring, drainage, and re-vegetation as parts <br />of a phased mining operation. <br />• To establish a post mining use that blends with the surrounding landscape, <br />available for grazing, hunting and habitat creation. <br />• To consider the temporary nature of the post mining environment given the <br />• imminent future of a reservoir that will inundate the site. <br />• To establish landscape recovery that is self-sustaining and persistent. <br /> <br />