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Rule 2: Permits broadcast, and hydroseeding) containerized transplants of shrubs, bareroot stock, and/or mature shrub • transplant techniques will be utilized as appropriate for each specific area. A summary of the proposed post-mine shrub plot locations is presented in Figure 2.05.4-19a. Overall, areas of shrub seeding will maximize the following to ensure successful re-growth. Seeding areas will be placed near undisturbed edges to promote introduction of natural, endemic populations. Shrubs will be strip seeded along contours or on terraces, in drainages, and north and east aspects to optimize moisture reserves and potential. The shrub seed mixture is detailed in Table 2.05.4-2a. Additional shrub species may be added to the seed mixture depending on seed availability and price considerations. Plum and chokecherry plantings in wetter drainages and draws has been suggested by the CDOW (Kloster 1997). Seeding of shrubs will occur in [he fall after a killing frost and before the ground freezes (e.g. October or November). Gently sloping areas will be seeded with a drill followed by a cultipacker to pack the soil. Steeper slopes will be seeded with a Cyclone spreader or hydro seeded at twice the normal drill rate. Mulch or hydro mulch will also be applied to these areas at 1 ton per acre for cyclone spreader seeding or 250 pounds per acre for hydro mulch seeding. Hydro mulch will be applied in a second application directly following seeding. The shrub seed mixture will be planted in a mosaic of one to six acre plots. The grass and forb seed mixture will be planted around these shrub plots but will not be included with the shrub plot mixture. Mature shrub transplanting will utilize afront-end loader (PEL) and specialized transplant bucket. Shrubs will be transplanted in 1/4 acre plots rather than uniform plantings, and the open areas between plants will be seeded with the shrub mix. Containerized or bareroot stock may also be utilized to fill in open areas. If • available, a specialized transplant bucket will be used for transplanting mature vegetation. The transplant bucket has straight rear and side walls so that tall plants can stand upright without being injured. The load-carrying surface of the bucket has been increased as compared to coal buckets. Afriction-reducing material has been applied to the bottom of the bucket so that the soil pad will slide smoothly and not break. The bucket is capable of picking up a soil pad at least 12 inches thick. Clumps of transplanted shrubs will include serviceberry ,big sagebrush, choke cherry , bitterbrush, snowberry, and Gambel oak. Oak/Pinyon Pine This revegetation community will replace the disturbed pre-mine oak/pinyon pine areas. The seed mixture is shown on Table 2.05.4-2. It includes several species typically found on well-developed soils on gentle slopes and some steeper slopes. As with the grassland seed mixture, an annual nurse crop has been added to the seed mix. • 2.05-666 (revised 6/15/03)