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RECLAMATION PLAN <br />• plan 4 ' <br />The Maior Goals of the Coaldale Reclamation Plan <br />1. To return mined land to acceptable Eormer land use of wildlife habitat <br />including a self-sustaining vegetation mode at least equal to present <br />vegetation cover. <br />2. Control of possible soil erosion and air pollution from blrnaing dust. <br />3. Improvement of esthetics of the mine land as viewed from US Highway 50. <br />There are no plans for water impoundment or diversion of natural water <br />courses. Vegetative Base Line Studies in 1973 resulted in undisturbed sites barr <br />gound up to 70'/,. Pinon growth, the only obvious vegetation in gypsum bed <br />I <br />areas, show densities estimated as little as twenty trees per acre, (SCS) i <br />In cases where topsoil will be handled, soil will be "mined" from its natural <br />• site just prior to application on the mine spoils at higher elevations(no <br />more than 300' elevation difference). <br />Preferred seedlings species to be purchased from CSU are: <br />Pinon (Pinus edulis), Available May through June <br />Rocky Mtn. Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), Available hiay through June <br />One seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) Available per request one year in <br />advance <br />Seedling plantings will be scheduled from mid-May through Iate June, in order to <br />I <br />take advantage of summer rains July through fugust. Seedling density wi~l <br />vary from 200 to 350 per acre. Planting, watering, mulching, and maintenance <br />techniques approved and practices by CSFS and private firms will be <br />employed for highest survival rates. <br /> <br />