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PROPOSAL #3--REVEGETATION OF NORTH DUMP AREA DURING 1995 FIELD SEASON, THE NORTH DUMP AREA, A 1711RTEEN ACRE OVERBURDEN AREA IN THE EXTREME NORTH END OF THE AFFECTED LAND WAS PLANTED TO OVER 1700 NATIVE TREE AND SHRUB SEEDLINGS. AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED TO BE ABLE TO WATER THESE SEEDLINGS AS NECESSARY DURING THE THREE GROWING SEASONS AFTER PLANT NG IN ORDER KEEP SURVIVAL RATES AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. TREES AND SHRUBS ARE THE FINAL STABLE REVEGETATON FOUND IN UNDISTURBED SITES NEARBY AND A SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE NATIVE SPECIES WILL ALLOW FOR EVENTUAL REMOVAL OF BOND ON THESE ACRES. THE MINE SITE CURRENTLY HAS OVER 35 ACRES OF REVEGETATED MINED LANDS WHICH CAN BE REMOVED FROM BONDING STATIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE DUE TO THE STATE OF SELF SUSTAINING NATIVE PLANT ESTABLISHMENTS. THE THIRTEEN ACRES OF NORTH DUMP AREA CAN BE COAXED ALONG TO COMPLETE MINED LAND RECLAMAT ON STATS BY ADDIT ONAL PLANT NGS OF SHRUB AND TREE SEEDLINGS IN 1996 AND CONTINUED MAINTENANCE AND SEEDING OF THIS AREA WITH SOIL BUILDING LEGUME SPECIES SUCH AS YELLOW SWEETCLOVER AND OTHER NAIVE GRASSES WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOIL RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT WHILE THE TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES DEVELOP TO ASELF-SUSTAINING CAPABILITY. CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF SEEDLINGS PLANTED IN 1995 IS CRITICAL TO SURVIVAL OF THE SMALL FLEDGLING PLANTS WHICH ARE BEING ESTABLISHED IN HIGH ELEVAT ON CONDITIONS WITH NO TOPSOIL AND LITTLE MOISTERE. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS EVIDENT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE MINE AND CAN BE AS SUCCESSFUL IN THE NORTH DUMP AREA GIVEN CONTINUED EFFORTS AS IN 1995. THE 1996 SEASON WILL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF ATLEAST 1000 SEEDLINGS OF NATIVE TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES, THE BROADCAST PLANTING OF A YELLOW CLOVER CROP FOR NITROGEN FIXING AND SOIL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL MULCH MATERIALS (STRAW) FOR M OISTERE RETENTION AND ORGANIC MATTER APPLICATION. 1500 MAN HOURS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE ABOVE TASKS AND WILL INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE OF EXIST NG PLANTS ESTABLISHED, WATERING AND WEED CONTROLJANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL VIA WIRE CAGES INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED ON THOSE SPECIES SUSEPTBLE TO DEER BROWSE DAMAGE. THE PROPOSAL PRICE INCLUDES THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ENTIRE 100 ACRE MINE SITE AS FAR AS MULCHING AND CAGING MAINTENANCE AS NEEDED. THE PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES THE RESEEDING AND MULCHING AS NECESSARY OF THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE DITGH AND SEDIMENT POND CONSTRUCTON AREAS INSTALLED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1995 WHICH HAS TO DATE NO EVIDENCE OF NATIVE GRASS ESTABLISHMENT OVER THE SYNTHETIC EROSION CONTROL FABRIC. THIS GRASS ESTABLISHMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR MAXIMUM AND PLANNED EROSION CONTROL OVER THE AREA IN QUESTION, APP. Z ACRES OFF THE MAIN HAUL ROAD NEAR THE SHOP AREA. TOTAL PROPOSAL AMOUNT, INCLUDING LABOR AND MATERIALS .................... $30,000.00 FIELD WORK AND BILLING WOULD TAKE PLACE OVER FIVE MONTHS STARTING IN APRIL, 1 996