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• Section 4.6 provides details on methods. Such transplants will have the added <br />benzfit of using native species and genotypes of plants for revegetation. This <br />will be a valuable source of difficult to obtain native species. <br />Tables 3.6-7, 3.6-8, and 3.6-9 list the preferred species for reestablishing on <br />each range site occurring within the proposed mine permit area. The proposed <br />species mixes favor grasses and fortis. At a minimum, 14 herbaceous plan[ species <br />will be seeded and/or transplanted within each range site to be revegetated. The <br />total number of genera and species to be reseeded are based generally on the <br />dominant species determined by the diversity index for each range site (Section <br />2.3)- A comparison of the species mixes in Tables 3.6-7, 3.6-8 and 3.6-9, and <br />[he diversity Tables 2.3-15 through 2.3-20 will show that Trapper Mine species <br />mixes are more diverse than what existed prior to mining. Such an approach is <br />necessary since one may not predict precisely how reseeded species on reclaimed <br />mined land will react over time. By March 15 of each year, the Division will be <br />provided with the proposed species list to be seeded that year according to range <br />site or area of use. This is necessary since seed availability on a year-by-year <br />• basis varies. <br />Not less than 30 PLS per square foot will be seeded if drilled or 45 PLS per <br />square foot if broadcast seeded. <br />Range Site B <br />For revegetation purposes range site B is mountain shrub type below 7200 feet and <br />above 6700 feet in elevation. The species mix for this range site is presented <br />in Table 3.6-7. During the permit period, select species contained in Table <br />3.6-7 will be seeded and/or transplanted within the described approximate eleva- <br />tion range. Generally, all seeding and will be done in the fall of the year. <br />Spring seeding may be used for drainageways and transplants may be planted fall <br />through spring. <br />The introduced species found in the species mix for range site B are fairway <br />crested wheatgrass, Agropyron cristatum; pubescent wheaCgrass, A. trichophorum; <br />• <br />3-127 <br />REVISED JA~k :~ ~ tsts <br />