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PODaLAND PLANT QUARRY -- PE10 77-344 • Page 3 The current required bond will be less than the $248,300.00 presently posted, and thus the bond may be continued another year without change. (2) Location and Number of Acres Reclaimed During the Year. No areas are considered as being completely reclaimed at this time. (3) Location and Number of Acres in the Various Stages of Reclamation. Cut 1 has been graded and approximately 17 acres are ready for seeding. Cut 2 has 2.7 acres of good grass, seeded in May 1982, and approximately four (4) acres ready for seeding. Approximately 51 acres of the old dump area and south side were seeded during the Spring of 1983. (4) Species of Vegetation Planted, the Location and Dates of Planting. The seed mixture planted in the old dump area is as follows: Type of Seed Pounds/Acre Four Wing Salt Bush 0.025 Winterfat 25.0 Side Oats Grama - Vaugh Variety 1.8 Sand Dropped Seed 0.05 Crested Wheatgrass - Fairway Variety 2.0 Streambank Wheatgrass - Sodar Variety 4.4 The seeding was done between December 1982 and February 1983. (5) Type and Approximate Quality of Fertilizers, Organic Material or Soil Con tioners Use an 1OR ot Use. No fertilizers were used in the planted area. The area was well covered with stripped topsoil and it was decided to try the native grasses with- out additional fertilizer since this technique has apparently worked well on the 2.7 acres planted in Cut 2. (6) Appraisal of Results of Reclamation Efforts. The 2.7 acres planted in May 1982, in Cut 2, are well covered with grass. The 51 acres of the old dump area planted in the Spring of 1983 have not sprouted as successfully. However, it is too early to judge the results. The area is starting to sprout volunteer sage, sunflowers and various other flowering plants as well as the thistles which usually form the first growth on disturbed land. Four (4) cedar trees were transplanted to this area from