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EXHIBIT E simplistic range of restoration techniques would suffice. The following alternatives to intensive reclamation will be applied where conditions warrant. • Supplemental fertilization. The disturbed area will be broadcast fertilized where it is determined that the remaining vegetation can successfully stabilize the area with a supplemental fertilizer treatment. • Supplemental seeding. The disturbed area will be seeded where it is determined that the existing plant cover is not sufficient to hold soil in place. Minimal seedbed preparation and soil covering will be acceptable. This alternative may be combined with supplemental fertilization as necessary. The native seed mixture to be used is depicted in Tahle E-S: Adjunct Disturbance Seed Mixture below. Either drill or broadcast seeding methods will be considered acceptable depending upon the size of the disturbed area and concomitant revegetation activities, if any. When broadcast seeding techniques are used, the seeding rate shown will be doubled. Tree Buffer Plantings Tree buffer plantings will be completed during the life of the mining operation along the project border paralleling Taft Hill Road. The buffer will be designed to achieve ayear-round, semi- opaque barrier which permits a filtered view between Taft Hill Road and the mineral extraction ~ ~U azea. The overburden stockpiles, constructed and revegetated as a part of this project, will also aid in buffering/screening views of the project area during the life of the mining operation and in achieving the standards set forth in Section 8.5.9A; Landscape Design Standards of the Larimer County Code. These stockpile berms will be removed after mining is completed as part of the reclamation process. Buffer plantings will employ methods, materials, techniques, and success standards (Section 8.5.9: Landscape Design Standards) acceptable to the County. Individual tree plantings will be made on 30-foot centers. A total of 50 trees will be planted. Though the planting will occur in a single line, plantings will be staggered perpendicular (a maximum of 5 feet) within the line to break the straight visual form. A candidate list of species which maybe planted is presented below (Table E-l: Tree .Species Suitable for Buffer Plantings) consisting of native, adapted species. No tree species will comprise more than 25 percent of the total number of trees planted. Individual species planting sites will be selected by the planting supervisor. Conifers species will be emphasized. No trees or shrubs currently exist along the area proposed for planting.