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<br />• <br />~~~w~~ n. <br />Sediment control Baas accomplished h}• placing silt lencing at the base of the slopes <br />~~here no blanket was applied. Silt fencing and the blanketed paniun had barricade <br />fencing erected to help control grazing and errant A'I'V traffic. 'fhe ditch at the base of <br />the slope and adjacent to the rood had strawbale sediment traps placed appmxintately <br />every 300 feet. i•he ditch and rood also had seed and fertilizer applied to enhance <br />reclamation to a "two-track" condition of the rundway. <br />:~lonitorine: <br />Circystone Consulutnts will complete soil nutrient and vegetative assessments in October <br />201)2. "lhc rcpon is expected to he available to the Division on \4+vcmbrr 1. 2002. <br />Conclusion: <br />phis project is \4CC's f first reclamation project of mine portals and is expected to provide <br />;u+ rsamplr for similar portal reclamation in the future at the 1Vest Elk dine. "fhe <br />~'~ ~Icct was unique from the stnndpuint of special construction teclmiyues employed that <br />• I I~~~~ ti+r greater vegetative production, species diversity. and densities on steep slopes. <br />t L~ results'.' WeII...Let's watch them growl <br />['hoto No, 9, Sediment control. barricade fencing, and germination. September 2~4, 2002. <br />I looking cast). Photo: \ICC <br />