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<br />Ot.-Set Grilling ~..'_S ~S C.J ddVC:iO? ...~`5 .aSJarCe __ ~ 1J .'.
<br /> onre ..ecassary ~=_:,_ to -_ne recta:.ration.
<br /> ~. Sons - ~.??ro:dcatc=_ _~0 to 200 acrJS of topsoil ~: au .. .. .. -
<br /> pacted Burin,; ~... _.~,._-„ J~~ratiJn. So:ce soil \roul.d ~a ~...._
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<br /> crosion. T e_a could i,e s,,r:o ...:... .,:
<br />through wind a..c water.
<br />- soil'typas ~. d soi= horizons. This ni;:ing c.:.:lci .. _. ~ ~......~.. -
<br /> tlllty Ot ~.:^.2 SJ=_. _.._o Ln,~ iaa52 and mining _.._: J::r'. is ,,..:
<br /> "r.el? [o r_`__=te c.a.,a = _ ..~s. Pro-.r~t bad::il'.i ...... .. . .. .,
<br /> would also redcce the ~cv~rsa e=accts of mii:ing o:: ~h~ -:o:..
<br />g. Ve^etation - T:1e ~.-,, _..[:cn oa .... lc: st u0`/. of the .~...~.. _..., ..
<br />would Nava to be .c-ova;: _.. order to scnport a cor.:?:ah~:~~[.. tic:--
<br />faca mining ?ro~ran. _..is i';oaid resclt in ,_ co-:no:.ant io>.< _..
<br />grazing and rearing ,.abitat for both do^:estic and wa.i ...~... ....
<br />I= sufficient ha:,_~~. is m...atai.;ed in of:^.er areas tic:i:r~ ....,.
<br />operations, t'.:e d_rect ..?act :ray be raduced.
<br />' E>:isting regula[io:a reeuire that tha surface vegetation ...cvvdd
<br />from r.iini^.g arias ba reastcbliscad Cin liicc :rind) Burin ; r.:-
<br />clamatioa ?base o= oaeratioa. .Tile ve0etation or. tha siccu::. ~: be
<br />lost for.a~prosl::ate'<? 13 y2~:s (5-year activa minir.~ lags: plug
<br />5 years of active r~~;~._ation). The success of recla::;:LiJ::, in
<br />ter. of native ?lant sc_vival and reestablishment, ha r.o:: Yat
<br />been deter-~iaac. .-:ccaever, ~,•ith ae:a aad improved tecl:niqu~s ..
<br />seed bed ?reoaraticn, saed straindevelopment, and rar.gol;u~.ly,i ~,-
<br />tilization, the la-.: tray be raclaimed to a vegetative condition
<br />mOT2 Drodi-Ct1V2 t~1E n 1tS Dr 2V 10LLS' state.
<br />h. ??ildlife - Pppro::`_-.ate_y 700 to 000 acres of wildliCc L-.^,bitGt
<br />caoulc be abandonad by tha caildlife species mentioned in 5~.:.:.~n 7iI
<br />due to the loss of =ooc, cover aad solitude curmntly heir.^, .,.o-
<br />vided by Eire ?ro?osed lease area. There is sufficient :.:.~':::~
<br />surrounding the tract of sir..ilar type which may be used to :.up;%or[
<br />most of the disolac~d soecias.
<br />So.-.a species such as ~::e s: gc grouse nay not find ..::C:~:::i,'.:.:
<br />suitable adjacent habit-, narticulariy ncs[in~ La::it:...
<br />sage grouse strutti-~ ~_ouad located in Sec[ion_3 nor _.: o.. _..,.
<br />proposed '_ease _r,.,.,. .ay be abandoned by t'Je .. _ „ro;::.c:.. .... ..
<br />result of the pre-goal ..av::: op..^..ent phase of t!:eJ.....: !A 5 . , - ....
<br />Study, the _n?aca of ~..,. proposed ..err Co;:i lease .in ...- '
<br />grouse population caa Je monitored and assessed.
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