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Disturbance areas N5, 116, and N7 were graded, topsoiled and seeded early last November. Although some weeds have developed in the revegetation„ the weeds are mainly Kochia which is fairly harmless at these population levels. 'Chere is a great deal of grass present. If left alone, the weeds will die out. These plantings along with some others, clearly demonstrate that fall seeding in this area can be very successful. 9 The Board order required [hat trees be planted on the roadside disturbance areas ~ and in IJilliams Canyon by June 1, 1990. This was not accomplished, although the trees were acquired. At the June MLRB meeting we discussed this matter with the board and explained the reasons for not meeting the date. The trees were I~eing maintained 'i according to State Forest Service instructions and will be planted in late September or early October. A summary of the reasons for not meeting the date 1`ollow: First, the original CAP schedule was designed around a November start date. The Board action did not occur until December 13, 1989 and the actual order was not signed until January lb, 1990. This caused a severe compression ,~f the schedule which, when combined with winter conditions, produced problems with meeting deadlines. If everything would have occurred according to plan, no weather delays occurred, and all work took the expected amount of time or less to finish, the June 1 date could have been met. Unfortunately, such did not occur. Disturbance Area 1l4 and the culverts were all more complex than orginally anticipated. They took longer to complete, not only because of problems in doing the work, but because of weather delays. Then along came the April 29 through May 3 snow storm. The airport received 15.2 inches of snow, but the Snyder Quarry area received more like 24 inches. There was about 3 inches of moisture in that snow and after it melted, the north facing slopes along the road were so saturated we did not dare put any heavy equipment on them. By the time the slopes dried out enough to work them, it was too late to plant trees and have any kind of suitable survival rate.