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<br />• Roads <br /> <br />All roads including light use, access and haul roads will be reclaimed at the New Elk <br />Mine. Reclamation of roads will proceed when access is no longer needed for <br />maintenance of reclaimed areas. Roadbase will be removed. The roads will be ripped and <br />scarified prior to final seedbed preparation. Fill and cut slopes will be graded to blend <br />with the post-mining topography. Water bars will be installed as necessary to prevent <br />excessive erosion. The two (2) present crossings at the New Elk Mine will be removed <br />when access is no longer required to the south side of the Purgatoire River. <br />Revegetation Evaluation <br />Evaluation of revegetation efforts shall begin the year initial seeding takes place. <br />Evaluation of seeded areas shall be on annual basis. An annual revegetation success <br />evaluation will be submitted to the Division on or before January 30 of each successive <br />year. <br />• Permanent transects will be established in seeded areas. Transects will be 50m to ' <br />100m in length. WFC proposes to utilize the point frame method to evaluate cover and <br />diversity. The point frame will be placed at Sm or lOm intervals. A total of 100 points <br />will be evaluated per transect. To determine sample adequacy WFC will utilize a 0.10 <br />precision level and Z value of 1.64 for grassland and 1.28 for shrub (riparian). <br />Revegetation Success <br />Grassland areas at the New Elk Mine falling under Section 4.15.10 and 4.15.8 will be <br />evaluated using the same criteria as outlined for the Golden Eagle Mine using the Golden <br />Eagle reference area. <br />Revegetation success of riparian habitat will be based on data obtained during 1985 <br />fall sampling. <br />• -2- <br />