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2006 Climax Mine: Tree Planting Report <br />In tota1444 Engelmann spruce, 67 subalpine fir, 2 lodgepole pine, 103 willow, 5 currant, and 2 <br />birch were transplanted. Several (91) of the transplanted trees contained multiple stems (2 or 3) <br />within the root ball. These stems were not counted separately. Overall transplanted trees ranged <br />from 1.2 - 26.0 feet tall and 0.25 - 8.0 inches in diameter (Table 1) with the fir trees tending to <br />be lazger than the spruce. Transplanted shrubs ranged from 0.5 - 4.2 ft tall and 0.5 - 4.3 ft in <br />average diameter (Table 2). <br />Table 1:2005 tree transplant summary statistics <br /> 2005 2006 <br />Species # Height Range (Avg) DBH Range (Avg) # # <br /> Planted Feet Inches Alive Dead Survival <br />Engehnann 444 1.2 - 25.5 (7.2) 0.25 - 8.0 (1.63) 422 22 95.0% <br />Spruce <br />Subalpine 67 9.5 - 26.0 (16.7) 1.5 - 6.0 (3.02) 67 0 100.0% <br />Fir <br />Lodgepole 2 4.3 - 10.2 (7.3) 2.25 2 0 100.0% <br />Pine <br />Table 2: <br />statistics <br />2005 2006 <br />Species # Height Range (Avg) Diameter Range (Avg) # # <br />Planted Feet Feet Alive Dead Survival <br />Willow 103 <br />Birch 2 <br />Currant 5 <br />0.5 - 4.2 (2.1) <br />2.4 - 3.4 (2.9) <br />1.1 - 2.5 (1.8) <br />0.5 - 5.0 (2.0) <br />1.0 - 1.8 (1.4) <br />2.5 - 4.3 (3.3) <br />0 100.0% <br />0 100.0% <br />In September 2006, 95% of spruce transplants and 100% of the fir, pine, and shrub <br />transplants were still alive (Table I and Table 2 ). Trees were counted as alive if they had any <br />green needles at the end of the growing season. Of the 22 spruce that died, 5 were likely killed <br />by elk (a115 showed signs of elk damage in fall of 2005). Of the living spruce 17 were damaged <br />(broken limbs or torn bazk) and 10 of these can be definitely attributed to elk. Seven of the 103 <br />willows planted (6.8%) showed significant die back, but did have new growth in 2006. <br />While 95.5% of all flees were still alive in 2006, 10.8% of those still living had greater <br />than 50% needle death most likely due to sun scalding (Figure 3). When the sun reflects off the <br />snow onto branches at snow level, it can bum the needles and kill them. None of the 4.5% of <br />transplants that were dead after 1 year were likely killed by scalding, so this effect will probably <br />be more obvious in 2007. An estimated 32.8% of the fir still alive at Uxe end of 2006 and 8.8% of <br />the spruces are likely to die from scalding in the future. <br />2/26/2007 <br />