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2005 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Southfield Mine <br />Maya, 2006 <br />Page 3 <br />Accordingly, during May 2004, approximately 1,800 plants were purchased from and then <br />planted by the Colorado State Forest Service. Based on a plan approved by the DMG, EFCI <br />established a total of seven (7) shrub clumps on the refuse pile/Ponds 3 and 4 area, and a total <br />of five (5) shrub clumps in the facilifles area. The approved shrub clumps were planted based on <br />following composition of seedlings: <br />Refuse Area Shrub Ciumgs (small) <br />i2 Rocky Mountain junipers <br />4 Ponderosa pine <br />48 Skunkbrush sumac <br />Refuse Area Shrub Clumns (lazge) <br />(2 times the above seedling numbers) <br />Facilities Area Shrub Clubs <br />60 Rocky Mountain junipers <br />20 Ponderosa pine <br />16 Pinon pine <br />4 Red cedazs <br />52 Mountain mahogany <br />48 5kunkbrush sumac <br />Shrub clump planting involved specific methods intended to improve plant survival rates. All <br />seedlings were placed in holes along with a moisture retaining gel to keep the roots moist. On <br />the ground surface, several methods of mulching were installed along with approximately sixty <br />percent of the planted seedlings. In addition, nearly half the plants were wrapped with plastic <br />shrub guards to reduce wildlife browsing damage. During the current reporting year, 2005, <br />numerous shrub guards that had been removed by either wind and/or wildlife were replaced <br />around the shrubs. Condition of the trees and shrubs were generally good during the reporting <br />period and the mortality rate appeared to be of a low percentage rate. <br />Previously Revegetated Areas <br />Previously revegetated areas at the Mine Site include the main facilities area, small ancillary <br />facility areas, and the west portion of the refuse disposal area that were revegetated in 2003. <br />The remaining previously revegetated azeas lie primarily on the east portion of the refuse <br />disposal azea. The more recent areas seeded and mulched in 2003 exhibited good vegetative <br />response due to generous moisture received during the previous winter and spring seasons. <br />Revegetated areas done in earlier years on the refuse pile and in the Loadout Area show <br />effective establishment and erosion control. <br />'The Loadout Area was seeded to the permanent revegetation seed mixture in 1997. Poor initial <br />vegetative establishment resulted in the decision to reseed the entire Loadout Area in 1999. <br />Limited topsoil availability and extended drought conditions had hindered effective vegetative <br />