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Messrs. Banta and Crane <br />• August 29, 1950 <br />• page 3 ~ • `., • <br />everything in its power to obtain the species and amounts needed for <br />adequate reclamation. As stated in the permit application Energy Fuels <br />will plant approximately 10,000 seedlings per year using the following <br />tentative species composition list: <br />Species Number Percent _ <br />Snowberry 4,000 40 <br />Woods Rose 1,000 10 <br />Hansen Rose 1,000 10 <br />Honeysuckle 1,000 10 <br />Chokecherry 2,000 20 <br />Old ?fan Wormwood 1,000 10 <br />Energy Fuels will plant additional native species such as bitter- <br />brush, serviceberry, oakbrush and aspen if supplies are available, but <br />will not plant exotic species other than those listed herein without prior <br />approval of the regulatory authority. <br />Planting stock will be adapted local nursery material with acceptable <br />root development and aclimation. Normally 1 - 0 stock will be planted. <br />Shrubs will be transplanted at the rate of approximately 500 plants per <br />acre. Spacing will be performed randomly across the landscape. <br />Front-End Loader Transplants <br />As stated in Energy Fuels' permit, approximately 40,000 trees and <br />shrubs per year will be transplanted by front-end loader from areas <br />scheduled for mining to areas ready for reclamation. The areas receiving <br />loader transplants will generally be those areas identified as aspen in <br />the premising plant communities. Emphasis will be given to the aspen <br />areas, although some shrub transplanting will be done in oakbrush and <br />mountain shrub communities. <br />Approximately 20,000 aspen will be moved annually as well as 10,000 <br />serviceberry, 6,000 chokecherry and 4,000 oakbrush. Special care will be <br />taken to assure that clones are planted in depressions and draws which <br />have a natural setting and which collect above-average moisture. Clones <br />will be spaced across the hillside to provide cover and seed sources for <br />subsequent natural plant succession. Approximate stocking rate will be <br />between two and three clones per acre. <br />General Aooearance of Reclaimed Areas <br />It is difficult to accurately predict the appearance and composition <br />of postmining vegetation communities, but a reasonable picture is avail- <br />able from past reclamation at Energy Fuels' mines. Communities seeded to <br />