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Reclamation 1978-1979 <br />btorrison Quarry <br /> <br />Reclamation during 1978 concentrated on plantings on a z-acre area <br />01.' road bank .located below the ecale office. The check dam, about 12 <br />acre, was secured, and 2 secondary steps or benches near the top of <br />t}re quarry, comprising another 12 acre, were built of stripping and <br />soil, and graded to prepare for grass planting and stabilization in <br />early Spring, 1979• <br />During the 4th week of April, a number of native trees and shrubs <br />we're purchased and planted near the scale office and along ttre entr- <br />arrce road bank. <br />Adjacent to the office, we planted 6 ponderosa pine and 10 rocky <br />mountain jun.per,.all tetween 5 and 7 feet .tall. On the bank. below <br />t}re office we planted 10 dianthus, 2 sage, 3 leadplant, and 5 cliff- <br />rose. Below the entrance road grade, we set out 3 sage, 5 rabbitbrush <br />2 leadplant, and 5 mountain mahogany. ` <br />iviost of the small plants survived, but most of the trees died, ow- <br />ir~g to the unavailability of a suitable watering routine or nearby <br />water source. ' <br />Trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, and other plants that are hardy <br />ir~,the.full sun and dryer exposed situations around the quarry re- <br />vegetation sites are being selected for planting in the Spring of <br />1~}7g, Numbers and layouts of plants will be designed around the cap- <br />a<:ity of the drip irrigation system being developed to improve sur- <br />vival rates and hasten establishment of plants on the upper benches. <br />Traffic patterns around the stockpiles and load-out areas were <br />irnproved in 1978, Part of this work consisted of grading and leveling, <br />which produced a 3-foot high berm along the eastern end of the yard <br />above the check dam slope. This should prevent any runoff water from <br />e~rer running down the face of the check dam again and causing erosion <br />problems. Generally,. the stabilization measures for the check dam in- <br />s':alled in 1977 performed very satisfactorily ..A single large washout <br />on the North end of the check damfaintly visible in the right side <br />o..' the photo was filled by hand labor last fall, and additional wood- <br />en check poles were placed. No £urthur erosion here is Nicely, <br />F~~,C~IVED <br />FtB 2 0 i9iJ <br />John 1Jaldo <br />February 16, 1979 <br />RcCLAIb1ATI0N SECTION <br />~` n' T2afura! 5esaurces <br />