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Cover Crop <br />All long-term topsoil stockpiles have been planted with the approved seed mix #3. <br />• New Field Seeding and Interseeding <br />The 2007 new iField seeding consists of dryland and irrigated pasture for a total of 62.2 <br />acres. Seed mix #8 was applied for dryland pasture at 6.02 PLS/acre. Seed mix #7 was <br />applied for irrigated pasture at 27 PLS/acre. Exhibits 2007-4 denotes the locations of the <br />aforementioned areas. To assist in the seed establishment and soil stabilization; oats were <br />co-planted with the approved seed mixes at a rate of 50 pounds/acre. Interseeding was <br />not performed during 2007. Several areas were retopsoiled and reseeded due to <br />unsatisfactory lift thickness, pipe line relocation, or poor drainage on production fields; this <br />is noted in Exhibits 2007-6 and 2007-14 respectively. Attachment 2007-B contains seed <br />receipts and shiipping papers. <br />Revegetated Land Fertilizer Rates and Pasture Yields <br />Fertilizer was applied in the spring of 2007. NH1 and NH2 fields are depicted on Exhibits <br />2007-1 and 2007-9 respectively where the mixes were applied. Soil sample results for <br />fertilizer rates are contained in Attachment 2007-A, test locations are in Exhibit 2007-9. <br />Rates varied from 368 to 7681bs/acre where applied. Various types of fertilizer mixes were <br />applied on approximately 184 acres; this is noted in Exhibit 2007-9. NH2 first cut yields <br />varied from 2505 Ib/acre to 4,575 Ib/acre are shown in Exhibit 2007-11, depending on the <br />amount of, fertilizer used, soil type, and frequency of irrigation. New Horizon Mine did not <br />harvest in the NIH1 area. <br />Weed and Pest. Control Activities <br />Noxious weed control in 2007 consisted of several applications. Target species for weeds <br />were Russian N~napweed, Canada Thistle, White Top, and Western whorled milkweed. <br />Spot spraying vvas done at NH2, see Exhibit 2007-5. The treated sites were small and <br />random in nature and too small to accurately depict on the map, however, the general <br />areas are depicted. <br />BackCountry Weed Management, Colorado License # 11410, of Norwood, CO, treated <br />noxious weeds. Various herbicides were applied at the manufacture specified rates A <br />surfactant and a marking dye were used with the herbicides to maximize spray <br />effectiveness. Incidental spraying of nuisance weeds was also performed in many of the <br />same areas. <br />A pest control program ran approximately three months this summer. The target pests <br />were prairie doc)s in the NH2 area. Gopher "gas" bombs were set in individual holes and <br />covered immediate. This area is noted in Exhibit 2007-14. Approximately 19.5 acres were <br />managed for rodents in the NH2 Permit area. <br />Label requiremE;nts, recommendations, and conditions were followed for all chemicals used <br />in the weed management and pest control programs. <br />Acres in Lonq_l"erm Mining or Reclamation Facilities <br />. As shown in Exhibit 2007-13, 89.2 acres are currently held in long-term mining or <br />reclamation facilities. <br />F:\Eng\DATA\WOrd\.~nn Reclaim Report\2007\2007RECRPT.doc 3 <br />