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Upon abandonment of the sediment pond and removal of the embankment, the <br />area will be topsoiled as necessary and seeded with a cover crop and <br />either Seed Mix No. 1 or Seed Mix No. 2 as shown on Exhibit 13-7, <br />Postmining Vegetation Types Map - East Wadge Extension Area (see Pages <br />13-12 and 13-17 of Tab 13 for seed mixes). Trees and shrubs will not be <br />included since they did not occur at any significant level in these <br />wetter areas of the drainage bottom prior to disturbance. Because of <br />the relatively small affected area and the availability of undisturbed <br />wet meadow areas immediately adjacent to the site, reinvasion of sedges, <br />rushes, and fortis normally found in wetter areas should occur in several <br />years. <br />The areas of disturbance to be reclaimed in the remainder of the East <br />Wadge Extension Area are shown on Exhibit 13-7. The reclaimed drainage <br />bottom will be seeded with Seed Mix No. 2 (see Page 13-17) with a <br />selection of forb and shrub seed added from the supplemental list <br />following that mix. Seed Mix No. 1 (Page 13-12) will be used to seed <br />• all upland areas, with supplemental forb and shrub seed additions taken <br />from the list following Seed Mix No. 1. Three concentrated shrub <br />planting areas for uplands are shown on Exhibit 13-7. These areas will <br />be planted to species selected from Shrub and Tree Planting List No. 1 <br />(Page 13-25) and at a combined rate of 300 seedlings/acre. Two areas of <br />aspen planting are also shown on Exhibit 13-7. These areas occur on <br />north-facing aspects adjacent to a drainage. The planting rate for the <br />two aspen areas will be 300 seedlings/acre. <br />Other sections of Tab 13 contained in the current Seneca "II permit <br />relating to rill and gully maintenance, reclamation monitoring, and <br />revegetation success will apply similarly to this area. The postmining <br />land use following reclamation will continue to be livestock grazing and <br />wildlife habitat. <br /> <br />13-6-2 Revised 05/16/88 <br />