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<br />II • <br />EXHIBIT E <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> <br />The affected land shall be reclaimed to it's original land use of <br />limited wild life habitat. Due to the severity of slope of the <br />rerrian and the hard rock outcropping it would not be applicable <br />to other productive uses. <br />General reclamation plan is to backfill the quarried areas with the <br />sandstone overburden, level and grade the overburden to a slope of <br />2 to 1 or less and revegatate with a mixture of Bittergrasa, Mountain <br />Mahogony, Rabbit brush, Indian ricegrase and Sand dropseed. The <br />seed will be hand broadcasted at 18 lba per acre in the spring. <br />A test plot was established in the fall of 1976 to determine the: <br />feasibility of revegetation and the most economical means of obtaining <br />~• <br />the desired results. The following species were planted; Indian rice- <br />grass, Western wheatgrass, Rabbit brush, Mountain mahogany, and Antelope <br />bitterbrush. In addition, 28, 7. year old Pinon Pine seedlings were <br />added in the spring to determine the possible success of reestablishing <br />the Pinon pine trees in the quarried areas. It is much too early to <br />~ make any evaluation of the test plot except that it appears that re- <br />vegetation will be slow and sparse ( as is the original vegetation). <br />The method of backfilling the quarried area with sandstone overburden <br />was chosen as the best means of achieving reclamation of the affected <br />land for two main reasons. <br />1. The sandstone overburden will consist of sufficient quantity <br />} <br />i <br />i <br />7 <br />~~ of fine material which will allow root growth of grasses, <br />