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<br />EXHIBIT E - Reclamation Plan <br />Since the material now on top of the ground is essentially blow sand <br />and the existing vegetation is sparse and amounts a few blades of <br />saltgrass between sparse greasewood bushes, no "topsoil" will be <br />saved. Experience and previous results indicate that vegetation will <br />be no better or worse using the material at the top of the excavated <br />level for a growth medium. Salvaging the top material will gain no <br />advantage and will serve no purpose. Besides that the area is <br />covered with trash dumped over the years. The ground will be brushed <br />and the trash will be bladed into piles and then removed to a <br />authorized dump site prior to excavation operations. <br />Existing vegetation in the area consists of alkali resistant plants <br />such as saltgrass, Indian ricegrass, and greasewood. It is <br />anticipated that only these types of plants will meet with any <br />success in revegetation efforts. The Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service has been asked to evaluate the site and make recommendations <br />for revegetation. These recommendations will be followed and will be <br />forwarded as soon as they are received. These recommendations will <br />include any fertilizers and seeding recommendations. It has been <br />observed on the site that voluntary vegetation in areas closer to the <br />water table, in those areas previously excavated, appear more <br />successful than the native undisturbed state. <br />Classing this land as rangeland is misleading. In this instance a <br />new category such as badlands, or waste land might be more <br />appropriate. No grazing has ever or ever could take place in this <br />area. Pictures of the existing vegetation have been included to show <br />the situation. Pictures of the sand-topsoil have also been included <br />to show that it is not what most people think of as topsoil. <br />It is anticipated that reclamation efforts will be made in 4 phases. <br />~V Each phase shall consist of approximately ten acres. As soon as <br />1 rr~p~p'_~~y~ material has been removed on approximately ten acres the area will be <br />1(~'~ regraded, fertilized, and seeded. Areas required for haul roads and <br />Aid ~ loading areas will be excluded. At the present time it is impossible <br />~C ~ to estimate a schedule for this work. Several large stores are <br />planned for Alamosa and if they are built it is likely that the first <br />stage should be completed within two years. Future growth of the <br />town will dictate the remaining schedule. <br />Final slopes will be no steeper than 4:1. The final seeding mixture <br />will include alkali resistant plants including saltgrasses, Indian <br />ricegrass, and greasewood shrubs. It is possible that these shrubs <br />may have to be transplanted in order to be successful since it is <br />unlikely that native seeds are readily available for these plants. <br />Fertilizer including rates will be determined by the Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service. Topsoil will not be salvaged since <br />no real topsoil exists on the site. Seeding rates will be <br />