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3-13 <br />probably will enhance overall wildlife potential. Furthermore, <br />• the reduced shrub density in these areas will allow greater <br />herbaceous plant production with resulting benefit to domestic and <br />wild grazers, in support of the post-mining land use of rangeland. <br />Thus, in the lowland areas at the west end of the site where <br />Greasewood Shrubland originally existed, shrubs will be planted at <br />the rate of 1,000 per acre resulting in a density of 500 per acre, <br />with a 50~ survival rate. Of these shrubs, about 50$ will be <br />Greasewood, 15~ Big Sagebrush, 15~ Rubber Rabbitbrush, 10~ <br />Shadscale and 10~ Fourwing Saltbush. <br />The shrubs will be planted in patches, thereby creating local high <br />density woody vegetation which will, in combination with the open <br />areas, provide good structural divsersity for many wildlife <br />species. In the areas where a Shadscale Shrubland previously <br />existed, shrubs will also be planted at a rate of 1,000 stems per <br />acre which, assuming a 50~ survival, will result in about 500 per <br />acre. Of this number, about 70~ will be Shadscale, 20~ Big <br />Sagebrush, and 10~ Greasewood. These shrubs will be planted in <br />patches as in the Greasewood community. <br />In those areas where a Pinyon-Juniper woodland previously existed, <br />shrubs will be returned to density of about 3,000 stems per acre <br />which should result in about 1,500 stems per acre, assuming 50~ <br />survival. Of these trees, about 90~ will be Utah Juniper and 10~ <br />will be Pinyon Pine. <br /> <br />1/17/86 <br />