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<br />• Seeding and Shrub Planting
<br />A total of 182.0 acres were seeded/planted in 2006. Of that, 10.7 acres were aewly established shrub
<br />plots. The area was seeded using Seed Mix #lA (see Table 06.2, Seed Mix #IA, for constituents).
<br />Concentrated shmb seeding was conducted in the areas where the seedling shrubs were planted.
<br />Sbrub Plota. Approximately 50,588 seedlings, 1,900 one gallon sized shrubs and 500 transplanted
<br />aspens were planted at Yoast The shmb plot locations ate shown on the attached 2006 Reclamation
<br />Map. Following is the breakdown indicating the number of seedling spedes planted in each azea.
<br />South Fenced Fenced Along Upland Fenced
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<br />YOAST MINE Plot Drainage Plot
<br />Un-Fenced
<br />Hummock Total
<br />s en #1 500 500 1,000
<br />Sae 1,000 2,000 3,000 6,000
<br />itterbrush 5,000 1,000 6,000
<br />Box Elder 263 263
<br />Buffalobe 1,000 1,000 2,000
<br />Chokeche 300 1,000 100 1,400
<br />Cottonwood S00 500 1,000
<br />Current 1,000 500 1,500
<br />0 ood 0
<br />oundan Maho an 1,200 1,000 2 00
<br />Oak 10 Cu." 5,000 1,000 3,000 9,000
<br />Serviceber #1 400 500 900
<br />Servicebe 10 Cu." 10,000 500 3,000 200 13,700
<br />Silver Sae 2,500 2,000 4,500
<br />Snowbe 2,000 25 2,025
<br />rans -anted As ens 400 100 500
<br />ood Rose 1,000 1,000
<br />TOT 26,000 6,163 10,000 10,825 52,988
<br />• Monitoring
<br />ESCO Associates, Inc conducted revegetation monitoring of permanently revegetated areas during
<br />the summer of 2006. The 2006 Annual Revegetation Monitoring report is submitted as a separate
<br />document
<br />• Weed Conttoi
<br />Survey for noxious weeds was carried out on the Yoast Mine permit area in 2006. Monitoring was
<br />conducted in 2006 to determine the need or level of retreatment necessary for areas sprayed in 2005.
<br />• Canada thistle was the primary target species in all control areas, with lesser activity duetted towards
<br />areas of hounds tongue and whitetop. Control areas were sprayed in June, July and September. A
<br />spot spray gun was used to concentrate control actlviHes on tazget azeas, reducing potential impacts to
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