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• 1996/97 Reclamation • <br />Reclamation during the past year has concentrated on revegetation work on the new mining <br />areas. If the reclamation area on Map 2 is compared with the Mining area on Map 1 the considerable <br />overlap is evident. This is the result of using the new approach to reclamation of benches, that is, <br />immediate backfilling and topsoiling of benches as they are completed. Although, as expected, bench <br />collapse is still occurring, the effects of those events on reclamation are minimal. This is because the <br />ingredients for reclamation are already in place when the collapse occurs and repair occurs rapidly. In <br />effect, the progress of the reclamation and the quality of chat reclamation is very nearly as expected <br />and described in the last amendment for this operation. <br />A total of 6.6 acres of reclamation was done at this quarry in the last year, about the same <br />amount as was done in the previous year. All of this involved reclamation of actual quarried land <br />rather than land in the support area as has occurred in the past. As benches are completed, fill and soil <br />is placed on the benches. Late in the permit yeaz the CMRF planted Douglas Fir seedlings throughout <br />the newly reclaimed area except on the benches. Nearly all of the seedlings planted in the last yeaz <br />were part of the Enhanced Reclamation with only a very small number attributable to requirements <br />under Base Reclamation. Seeding of the newly reclaimed land occurred just prior to tree planting to <br />avoid adverse impacts of trampling on seedlings and co allow [rampling to further bury the seed. <br />1998/1999 Affected Land <br />It is not expected that during the next year any additional land will be disturbed. Mining is <br />proceeding down the slope below Peak N3 and is slowly extending in the direction of the south end of <br />the quarry. Mining in the south area of the quazry has begun but is mostly preparatory rather than <br />productive. A yellowish colored limestone that is marginally good for concrete aggregate is being <br />marketed Eor landscape purposes. This reduces the amount of poor quality rock that must be <br />stockpiled. <br />Annual Report Pikeview Quarry 97/98 M-77-211 Page 2 <br />