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Supplemental revegetation seedings may be used within the Sage Grouse <br />Treatment Area to enhance the establishment of species found to be desirable to <br />sage grouse. Such species could include dryland alfalfa, sainfoin, small burnet, <br />and possibly others, and these forbs would be planted in conjunction with less <br />competitive grasses. Seeding would be done using broadcast seeding at <br />appropriate rates to optimize the establishment of seeded species among natural <br />revegetation. Small, dense seeds, such as alfalfa and other legumes, and seeds of <br />mazkedly different textures would need to be broadcast sepazately to minimize <br />sepazation in the seeder and, consequently, irregular distribution of seed. Seeded <br />areas would then be harrowed to optimize seed/soil mntact. -Within the <br />pipeline corridor, the ultimate goal would be to establish, within 5 years, a <br />persistent 10 percent ground cover of desirable forbs, more or less evenly <br />distributed aczoss American Soda's right~f--way width and length within the <br />Sage Grouse Treatment Area. <br />Revegetation efforts may also include the introduction of mountain big <br />sagebrush within the Sage Grouse Treatment Area pipeline corridor to provide <br />cover for sage grouse. If seeded, sagebrush would need to be applied sepazately <br />and in geographically sepazate portions of the pipeline corridor in order to <br />minimize competition from more aggressive species and thereby optimize its <br />establishment. Tubelings or other containerized seedlings of desirable sagebrush <br />accessions may also be used to create small-scale sagebrush gardens in the <br />• pipeline corridor that would act as seed sources in the future. Within the <br />pipeline corridor, the ultimate goal would be to establish, within 10 years, <br />sagebrush canopies and/or stem densities equivalent to 5 percent canopy cover at <br />maturity more or less evenly distributed across American Soda's right-of-way <br />width and length within the Sage Grouse Treatment Area. To allow for future <br />access and maintenance of the pipeline, sagebrush would not be planted duectly <br />over the pipeline trench. The details of any sagebrush reintroduction program <br />would be determined in consultation with the CROW and any affected <br />landowner. <br />3.4.3 Site Restoration <br />• Debris: Woody material sleazed from the ROW will be randomly scattered <br />over the ROW and TUAs after cleanup and seeding is done and will be <br />"walked down" with arubber-tired tractor. <br />Rocks that were sleazed from the ROW will be randomly placed on the <br />ROW with a wheeled front-end loader or other equipment capable , of <br />carrying the material. Rocks removed from the excavation will either be <br />used as riprap at stream or washout crossings, buried on the ROW, <br />strategically placed as barricades across the ROW to deter use of the ROW <br />as a road, or randomly scattered across the ROW as stated above. The <br />density of surface rocks will be compazable with the adjacent undisturbed <br />PjMMIiN Plan o(Devebpmeat Z7 <br />Yankee Gulch Sodium Mv~ak Project <br />American Soda, L-I-P. <br />