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First, soils throughout this area are poorly developed, except in the bottomlands where construction does not generally ' occur anyway. So, excess soils from construction sites probably will not be available. Second, because most home owners in this area prefer to establish more or less natural vegetation around ' their homes , excess soils would probably be used at the :home site and would not be available for disposal at this site . But, IF excess soils are available and IF a disposal site is needed by a home builder , this site could be made available for that purpose. ' Because this option is highly speculative no commitment can be made. The plan therefore emphasizes utilization of onsite resources . ' / All of the soil that can be saved is located west of the existing operations . This soil will be stockpiled along the western boundary of the property . When the excavation of the west ' hill is completed the stockpiled soil can be simply pushed over the ifinal slope . Unfortunately, the area of the final slope is large jin proportion to the amount of soil that will be available . ,ha iTherefore , unless the soil is spread to a depth of a fraction of an t inch, only the upper portions of the slope will receive topsoil to a depth of about 2 or 3 inches. The remaining slope will. need to The treated in another fashion. This would include creation of a ' growth medium using onsite resources and/or use of excess soils as described above. Protection of the topsoil stockpiles will be achieved by seeding them with the following mixture . TOPSOIL PROTECTION MIXTURE ' p• SPECIES ------------------lb/acre --seeds/lb-seeds/sgft-- '✓Gr INTERMEDIATE WHEAT. 10 97000 22. 27 ' PUBESCENT WHEAT. 10 90000 20 . 66 SMOOTH BROME 8 145000 26 . 63 ALFALFA, RANGER 1 210000 4 . 82 -------------------- -- -- - ' ---- 29 542000 74 . 38 The presence of the sawmill operation is fortuitous with respect to creating a growth medium. Sawdust and wood chips are . +� usually produced in abundance. This will be used to add organic matter to the gravels that remain in the slopes . The spreading depth of the wood chips , shavings , and sawdust ' will not be greater than about 1 to 1 . 5 inches . To use mo:re would probably result in excessive decomposition difficulties and possible suffocation of young seedlings . This material , once Q� spread, will be mixed with the upper portions of the gravel by running a dozer up and down the slope . The treads of the dozer will help mix the woody material into the gravels and produce furrows useful in revegetation. Prior to mixing the woody material , fertilization of the slope will occur. This is necessary because the decomposition processes i ' 3 1