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_ • i <br /> <br />ANNUAL 1:ECL:,1•lATION ;:EPORT - PART II PROGRESS REPORT <br />1978-79 Gillispie Hill <br />Reclamation efforts appear to be successful on approximately <br />4 acres reforested to Pinyon-Juniper in 1978, Most trees show new <br />growth and good health, Some Junipers were measured at 45 inches <br />lnlfieight. Conspicuous native plant species which hive moved into <br />the zrea include Mtn, Mahogany, Rubber Rebbitbrush, broomstick <br />Snakevreed, Indian Riceyrass, <br />1978-79 Golc' H111 <br />Approximately 1218 tot el seedlings v:ere planted in a 2,7 acre <br />parcel during these tyro years, Encu;h time hus pessed tc mike it <br />difficult to reterr~iine v:~:ich plants v:ere original seedlings for <br />reclematien c.nri ~:~:-.ich either rcoved into the Brea or sprouted from <br />planted seedlings liter reaching maturity and producing seed, <br />Species vrhlch vrcre identified as being ple•nted and which ire <br />now producing seed;; <br />Atriplex canascens--Fourv:ing Saltbush* .. <br />Artemisia ludoviciana--Prairie Saeevrort <br />Chrysoth~mnus nauseosus--Rubber Rabitbrush <br />Oryzopsis hymenoides--Indian Ricegrass <br />Artemisia frigida--Fringed Sege <br />Ceratoides Janata-- Common l•Jinterfat <br />* Some Fourv~ing Saltbushes are four feet in height and four <br />to five i-eetj~ diameter, Plants shovr good annual grov:th <br />even t;.oueh crov:sed considerably by mule deer, <br />1980 Zinc Hi11 <br />On August 18, 1982 a count or' seedlings,v:hich v;ere planted <br />in Sections 1 through 5 on Zinc Hill during the summer of 1980, <br />was taken to determine survival rates. 810 seedlings were planted <br />on a 2.5 acre area, <br />Species count for all sections: <br />4 <br />