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Taking into account the south facing slope, the lack of soil in the pre-law areas, the <br />poor rainfall, the poor vegetation on the existing south facing slopes and the fact that <br />we should really only be trying to attain erosional stability on these areas, not prime <br />grazing land, 1 believe we only need to increase the perennial vegetation by some small <br />percentage. Maybe rabbitbrush, shadscale and a few aggressive perennial grasses such <br />as crested wheat could be used, as we discussed. However, 1 disagree that we should <br />do a~ crimp mulching or other new significant new disturbance on these areas. <br />Although the last four years have been generally dry, it took us these four years to get <br />through the weed cycle. 1 strongly question the wisdom of crimp mulching on this <br />tough slope [hat does not show any signs of erosion and only requires a small <br />percentage increase in perennials anyway. I feel there is a great risk in starting another <br />protracted weed cycle with a new disturbance and I think eve can attain the perennial <br />cover without it. <br />I have enclosed some pictures of the big fill slope during mining in late 1970's, the <br />summer of 1989 prior to reclamation, three years after reclamation and in April of <br />1995. <br />Picture #2 -During Mining in the late 1970's. <br />3 <br />