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•.Reclamat;i.cn.of disturbed areas will enhance forage availabil-ity for <br />wildlife. The grasses..revegetated wil l increase the diversity and <br />int~rspersioi!.of the area recreating-important ecotones. Much of .the <br />existing oakbrush is decadent. This still provides goad cover .f or wildlife <br />but. l3~tle nutrient quality compared to the proposed grasses. <br />Appendix VII.corrtains a figure entitled "Typical Channel. Change <br />Detail" which describes stream enhancement and restoration practices used <br />`by .the Coiorado..Ni.ghway Departmea , iJSf, will simulate these techniques in <br />stre4m-relpbeii:,~!tagatier.:.;G+:r~•ent;2y,•';!v5r;.rh~s.p:lacpd bc~~!:i'de-cs':in~.tt,e~North <br />. .. <br />. For k.of.,the;:G~nn~SUn River- f.~r,-tbi:..cr;eatrionsof:troat. h°abitat.-as'•.a~ecorrm?ended <br />by the Col prado;~ii4isien of~Nildli€^ (personal communication Rich.Sherman <br />and ~f,ppend.ix ,X'.'III:iO). <br />(3) : f?r-otc~cti~n .of Hydroir2g+cal_'6alance <br />around water <br />•'As discussed in Sectinn 2.04;7, the roof, ±!oor, and E coal-°'se3m are <br />not.,~quifers-yut aones of transition for vertical percola~ion of waters <br />originating in the ephe!ueral gulch°s..'Ch~ mine is. .not in hydraulic connec- <br />tion with the North Fork cf the Gur:nison River al!uvi;al aquifer. The small <br />amourYi, of water that seeps i~to.the ri!ine is -used in=ti?e'~Ti~nin~! :oper`ati•cn <br />and. must be.a;~gmented Bywater pumh~eri `rar.•.the su~4ace. -A1! wel~l•s in.the <br />area are completed in the alluvial aquifer. Therefcre, the riining opera- <br />tion to date,has not h?d a measureab.le zffact on the alluvial aquifer since <br />a hydraulic carrier exists betwee.r, the operation arid.aquifer•, Since this <br />barrier will be in place throughoi?t mine life and will be•Taftl•~upbn aban- <br />• donmrcnt, rw.future affect is.fores~en on the alluvial ~•aauifer or :ii;s.-:risers. <br />2:0558 <br />