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~andv i;town <br />I'u>!r .~ <br />Nuvrmixr I. 2006 <br />lower and upper parts of the plot tiff sralrl. I he plot is on an cast lacing slope aahich acill <br />hr lavuruhle litr aspen and tall shnrhs, unJ there will hr signilicanl snaav accumulutiun +at <br />ihr cost side of the ridge. Jar w the prevailing westrrh ~~ lads laahich gill pruaidc <br />aJJitionul nwisutrc fur the avuudy plantings). I he upper ±'d ul'thc slope has hccn <br />ruugheneJ to lacilitute ntoisutrr uccumulnlion ti+r seeded unJ planteJ ~hnths. 'fhe luaarr <br />l i~ ol'thc slope :dung the dntinagc has rccrrvrd ^ thick to Ilan) topsoil layer. avhich <br />mimics conditions typical of aspen grouts in the urea. Appro~imateh -1011 site n:ttiar <br />aspen saplings aarre trnnsplanmd on this lower slope area. I'he aspen saplings acerr <br />obtained I~nun a native stand oC saplings visihk slung a rood corridor un the sky line to the <br />north nl'the planting area. tiurlacr sails had hccn stripprJ than the roaJ corridor During <br />original site Jcvelopntrnt but the area aaas nut 1'unhrr Jisurnc~J. and a Jenne sumd ut' <br />saplings estahlishrd I?om the intact nntl syslcm. Vc~t sl+ring in _'007 a aaatrr lank will he <br />set up on the ridgrlinr to alloaa ii>r installation of a Jrip st stem to irrigate the transplanted <br />aspen and associate) tall shnth seeJlings;dnng the luaaer slope area, until they h:tar <br />hecuntc sufliciemly aacll rstahlisheJ to sundae aaithout supplrntrntal irrigation. <br />Img:uiun rates. timing.:utJ other management approaches will he base) tat results <br />ohluinrJ t'n+m an on-going aspen estuhlishntrnl sutJa being conducteJ by ti('C anJ Ihr <br />U.1. Purest tienicr Rocky Mountain P.xperimrm tit:uion at the Heathy `rnre:t II-W <br />\linr. :lsprn have nul prrciuusla hero surcrssfulh established un mine rcclainu•J area, <br />in Ihr region. but the combination of Jrrp soils, elk Icncing. site udaptrd pluming stuck. <br />initial irrigation, and control of hrrhaeeuu, rompetitiun hying applieJ in the r~perimcntal <br />plots ;u tienrca II-W 41inc shows considrrahle promise. <br />. _'. <br />,~ .. <br />~. , i . ~ • _ ~.r . <br />. .. .1'.r. ~''_ <br />