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Section 780.18(b) Continued <br />dominates. Soil depths for the Piceance Basin are reported 9 inches deep while topsoil <br />•~ <br />depths at the Kerr Mine on big sagebrush sites ranges from 8 to almost 14 inches. <br />These comparisons reveal many close similarities between these different areas. <br />The potential impact of stockpiling topsoil on subsequent volunteer shrub and grass <br />reestablishment are not reported by Howard and Samuel (1979). Kerr knows of no <br />published information regarding this issue. <br />Shrub Re-establishment <br />Kerr's proposal for shrub re-establishment reflects both the best combination of <br />currently available shrub reestablishment methods and current thinking relative to <br />reestablishment patterns and densities. A density of 1,500 stems per acre, with high <br />density shrub stands interspersed with low density stands and open meadows is <br />proposed. In the short-term, this shrub density and establishment pattern offers the <br />benefits of both higher shrub densities and edge effects and open herbaceous <br />dominant areas relative to the postmining land use objectives of wildlife habitat and <br />grazing. Significantly, this approach also allows for future shrub establishment in open <br />areas adjacent to shrub stands if ecological conditions favor such establishment. <br />TR-19 780-78b Revised 12/99 <br />