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<br />' REVEGETATION <br />The majority of the disturbed area will be reclaimed to cropland. The <br />embankment and the drainages will be reclaimed to pasture grasses for <br />erosion control. <br />SEEDBED PREPARATION <br />The distribution of topsoil material will be followed by scarification <br />Page 12 <br />of the topsoil surface leaving a friable surface for seeding. An appli- <br />cation of appropriate rates of nutrient will be spread prior to scarifica- <br />tion if soil tests of the topsoil material indicate the germinating seedlings <br />would likely respond to fertilization. <br />SEEDING <br />Seeding will be conducted during the first normal period for favorable <br />planting conditions. The crop (rye) will be planted in spring, 1983. The <br />pasture grass proposed to be seeded on the embankment and drainages will be <br />seeded in the fall to utilize the winter moisture. The seed mixture proposed <br />for reseeding the embankment and drainage is as follows: <br />r_n ecere <br />Com,non Name <br />Alkali sacaton <br />Basin wildrye <br />Western wheatgrass <br />Indian ricegrass <br />Galleta <br />Scientific Name <br />Sporobolus airoides <br />Elymus cinereous <br />Agropyron smithii <br />Oryzophsis hymenoides <br />Hilaria jamesii <br />Estimated Seeding Rate <br />(PLS-lbs/AC) <br />0.5 <br />7.0 <br />5.0 <br />3.0 <br />4.0 <br />19.5 <br />The seed mixture consists of species that are drought tolerant, salt tolerant, <br />and adapted to medium to heavy textured soils. There are no introduced species <br />in the seed/mixture. <br />The mixture will be broadcast at a rate of 19.5 lbs./AC PLS. The seeded areas <br />will be raked or dragged so to cover seed with 0.25 to 1.0 inches of topsoil. <br />