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~o~~, <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />PORSES MLNY. JUN O~ 1986 <br />RECLAMATION RECOMMENDATIONS ,,. ._ ,~ <br />~.. ; , <br />Enough top.aoll should be •[ock-piled in order to ba abl• to go back <br />and back fill any disturbed area with a minimum of at least six C6) <br />Snchee of top-soil. <br />Slopes on any slack pile should not be greater then 3: 1, and alopae of <br />6:1 or greater would be more deaireble. <br />Care should be taken that no weathered coal or coal shale will b• left <br />on the surface, es these materials ere extremely acid and x111 prevent <br />germination of grace seed. <br />In preparing the seedbed prior to planting, the top-soil should ba a• <br />clean and flrn ae poeaible. <br />Grass seed should b• drilled acroea elope to a depth of ij to 3/4 inch. <br />It would be deaireble to obtain a grass drill equipped with depth bands <br />and packer wheels when the seeding operation ie done. <br />A range mixture of 8 lbs. PLS/acre of Barton or Arriba Western wheat <br />grass, and 4.5 lbs. FLS/acre of Vaughn or E1 Reno sideoate greme, or a <br />pasture e~~eding of 18 lbs. PLS/acre of Luna Pubescent wheat grass may <br />be plance~l. <br />Mulching of all seeded areas would be deaireble and rill greatly inereaee <br />the chancre of obtaining a stand of grass. If a straw ar hay mulch ie <br />used a minimum of 4000 16s. per acre of air dry mulch should be used. <br />This voulcl be crimped into the soil after the seeding operation is <br />completed. <br />Any seedi~rg should be done in the early eprine or late enough !n the <br />fall that germination will not occur until the next spring. <br />All eeedinga should be protected from livestock, vehicles, etc., until <br />plants are well established. <br />