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Phil Jensen <br />• 9 Oct 97 <br />Page 7 of 18 Pages <br />is present on the north side. <br />The Development waste pile is dominated by a thick stand of Basin wildrye. Cover is very good <br />with diverse species present among the wildrye. Species noted on the development waste pile <br />include: Basin wildrye, Kentucky bluegrass, Japanese brome, Yarrow, sagebrush, Cicer <br />milkvetch, Stickseed, an occasional Canada thistle, Creeping red fescue, Threadleaf daisy, and <br />Louisiana sagewort. This list is not all inclusive but represents a list of species visually observed <br />during the inspection. <br />The development waste pile topsoil stockpile footprint area vegetation looks very similaz to that <br />on the Development Waste Pile. Additional species noted on the former topsoil stockpile area <br />include Lupine and Rubber rabbitbrush. Live vegetative cover and litter aze so dense in this azea <br />that baze ground could not be discerned. A lazge burrow was encountered, which appeazed lazger <br />than a rabbit den. No evidence what animal was using the den. Elk scat and beds were <br />encountered throughout the reclaimed areas. <br />Rienau No. 2 Mine azea west of highway 13 had a matwe diverse grass dominated stand <br />established. In spite of some azeas of very steep slopes, tilling and gullying was not evident. A <br />• small amount of down cutting in the drainage at the center of the site had occurred in the past. <br />However, this old rill was well vegetated and no longer active. Recent water development work, <br />routing a spring to a stock tank, has occurred on the southern portion of this pazcel and a narrow <br />strip has been redistwbed. This azea has been seeded and mulched. Evidence was observed of <br />perennial vegetation becoming established on this redistwbed area. <br />The East side of the Rienau No. 2 Mine includes two reclaimed ponds. These ponds were <br />reconfigwed in the Fall of 1996. This is the first growing season since this work was performed. <br />A thick stand of bazley has been established as a nwse crop, on the reclaimed pond banks. <br />Perennial grasses and clover is becoming established below the Barley cover. No evidence of <br />tilling on the outslopes could be located in spite of the heavy precipitation the site has received <br />this summer. <br />The Landowner, Mr. Jensen expressed concern over the Basin wildrye. This species is <br />recommended for critical azea plantings by the US NRCS (formerly Soil Conservation Service). <br />This is a recommended rangeland species and is reported to be very palatable as a forage in early <br />Spring. This species is preferred by cattle and horses and less utilized by sheep. This species <br />was included in the reclamation seedmix with no request to remove it from the seedmix prior to <br />reclamation. <br />Encloswe 2 <br />