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<br />SUBJECT: Reclamation Plan <br />TO: Buck Barnhart <br />Barnhart Agency <br />DATE: August 6, 2002 <br />SITE PREPARATION: Unsuitable soil material should be removed and buried so that it does not <br />adversely affect water quality or plant growth. Areas to be graded shall be cleared of trees, <br />logs, brush, and any other material that would interfere with reclamation operations. Boulders, <br />other rocks, and similar material shall be buried or otherwise placed where they do not interfere <br />with reclamation operations, planned land use, or adversely affect plant growth. <br />An effort should be made to reconstruct the soil with materials available on the site. There is <br />some soil material suitable for this use onsite and adjacent to the proposed site. This material <br />should be stockpiled and protected for use as final cover material. Any areas used for borrow <br />material will also need to be graded and shaped to blend in with the adjacent landscape and <br />final slopes of the area to be reclaimed. <br />All roads to be reclaimed and excavations should be shaped and graded to blend in with the <br />original slope. <br />Final grading should leave slopes flatter than 3:1 where at all possible. Slopes of 6:1 or <br />flatter are much more desirable for greater success in revegetation and safe operation of <br />equipment. In some areas shallow depressions might be left after final shaping. These would <br />serve to collect water to encourage the establishment of native trees and shrubs, as well as <br />p~ iding some extra wildlife habitat. <br />At the time of reclamation, the stockpiled topsoil should be spread about 6 inches thick over <br />the area to be reclaimed and then disked or ripped to incorporate it with the subsurface material. <br />FERTILIZATION: We recommend that fertilizer be applied to the area to be reclaimed, either <br />prior to seeding or after grass seedlings have reached the 2 to 3 leaf stage. No less than 10 <br />pounds of nitrogen (N) and 40 pounds of phosphate (P2O5) per acre should be applied, unless <br />a soil analysis indicates sufficient amounts of these elements. Animal manure, or similar <br />organic material, may be used to supply all or part of the specified nutrients. <br />SEEDBED PREPARATION: The seedbed should be well settled and firm, but friable enough <br />that seed can be drilled at the recommended depth. Soiis that have been compacted by traffic <br />or equipment should be tilled (deep chiseled or ripped, if necessary) to breakup restrictive or <br />compacted layers, and then harrowed and rolled or packed to prepare the required firm <br />