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RECLAMATION PLAN <br />3. Nitrogen fertilization will only be used, when needed, in the fall <br />of the year, never in the spring unless it is necessary to correct a severe <br />deficiency. <br />4. Fertilizers to correct other nutritional deficiencies (magnesium, <br />iron, calcium, etc.) will only be added if specific growth and leaf color <br />indicators show a need. Rarely are these nutrients deficient when native <br />grasses are being grow. <br />4hen topsoil is to be stockpiled for a period that is expected to be <br />greater than me growing season, it will be seeded with the stockpile seed <br />mixture shown in the revegetation portion of this exhibit. 4hen soil is <br />stockpiled for less than one growing season revegetation protection will not <br />be used. The vegetation cover would not become well enough developed to <br />provide for significant protection before the soil would be removed and placed <br />on graded land. In those instances, the surface of the soil will be kept <br />rough to reduce wind and water erosion. <br />If the weed is expected to be drilled, the soil will be treated with a <br />harrow and disc prior to drilling. The surface of the soil should be smooth <br />and any furrowing will be along the contour. <br />. If the seed is to be broadcast, extensive seedbed preparatim is not <br />necessary, however the surface of the soil must be very loose and broken. Any <br />furrowing will be along the contour. Ripping the soil with a dozer a few da s <br />rp for to seedino is often successful. The main point is that the soil must be <br />very open and loose or the seed will not have a place to lodge in the ground <br />and seed burial will not occur. <br />REVE(~TATICTI: Revegetatian of this site without due consideratim for <br />climatic patterns and species selection would result in poor growth and poor <br />protection of the soil resource. Proper reconstruction of the soil and <br />planting an adapted seed mixture at the proper time can result in good success <br />under average conditims. Of course, as is true of anything involving the <br />growth of vegetation, the success of the growth is largely dependent upon <br />helpful weather patterns. An unusually dry year or an average year with long <br />periods of dry weather can devastate a revegetation program requiring <br />additional work to bring it to completion. The revegetation program presented <br />Page 18 <br />