GENERAL39079

• Permit No: M1977211
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/25/2001
• From: US DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Pikeview Quarry Envirortmental Assessment Page 18 '
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around each seedling to collect and hold moisture. Site preparation prior to planting will
include clearing an azea roughly 3 feet by 3 feet, placing an anchored, fabric weed
barrier over the cleazed area and planting the seedling in the center of the cleared area.
Once the seedlings have been planted, each seedling will be protected with a mesh tree
guard. Polyacrylamides may be used to reduce competition from grasses and minimize ,
moisture fluctuations
13. Tree planting on private lands
a) Seedling trees would be planted on the slopes below the cliffs.
b j Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir would be planted on the 2: ] slopes and concentrated
along the northern exposures of each ridge. This procedure would extend the
appeazance of normal tree growth pattern ofnorth-facing slopes down below the cliffs. '
100 trees per surface acre would be planted in a random pattern, achieving 80% cover
for the mattare trees, assuming a 70% survival rate6. This planting area would taper from
full half-ridge width below the last cliff, to almost no trees at the 7,350' elevation. This '
would mimic the natrowing of trees declining down the north side of a ravine. No
irrigation systems would be installed. Weed control fabric, moisture collection basins,
and polyacrylamides may be used to reduce competition from grasses and minimize
moisture fluctuations.
c) Rocky Mountain junipers would be planted on the reclaimed slopes below the cliffs,
thus mimicking the tree pattern on the south-facing slopes above the disturbed areas.
The number of planted trees per surface acre would vary from 60 trees on the three
slopes below the cliffs to 30 trees from elevation 7450' to 7250'. This planting pattern
would achieve a 20% cover assuming a 70% survival rate.
d) The enhancement of the reclamation effort in private land would occur in the later stages '
of the reclamation process. Additional tree, shrub, or wildflower planting would occur
allowing for the increase of the random nattrre of the reclamation. Also, it would
provide some additional erosion control. Wildflower planting will exclude ox-eye daisy, '
dames rocket and other weeds often included in "wildflower" mixes.
6 Success rates indicated in this environmental assessment refer to Forest Service standard guidelines and long term goals
for revegetation. Continuing monitoring will ensure that the best available practices are properly adopted to guarantee the
achievement of those goals.
~ "'Crou6lesome Weeds of the Rocky Mountain West" published by the Colorado Weed Management Association excludes
the use of these species.
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