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Y <br />2008 Reclamation Report <br />Scuthfield Mine <br />the facilities area. The approved shrub clumps were planted based on following composition of <br />seedlings: <br />Refuse Area Shrub Clumps (small) <br />12 Rocky Mountain junipers <br />4 Ponderosa pine <br />48 Skunkbrush sumac <br />Refuse Area Shrub Clumps (large) <br />(2 times the above seedling numbers) <br />Facilities Area Shrub Clumps <br />60 Rocky Mountain junipers <br />20 Ponderosa pine <br />16 Pinon pine <br />4 Red cedars <br />52 Mountain mahogany <br />48 Skunkbrush sumac <br />Shrub clump planting involved specific methods intended to improve plant survival rates. All <br />seedlings were placed in holes along with a moisture retaining gel to keep the roots moist. On the <br />ground surface, various methods of mulching were installed which incorporated approximately sixty <br />percent of the planted seedlings. In addition, nearly half the plants were wrapped with plastic shrub <br />guards to reduce wildlife browsing damage. <br />During the summer season of 2006, Mr. Kent Crofts of I.M.E., Inc. did the interim revegetation <br />sampling and reporting at the mine site, the refuse pile area and at the Loadout site. Energy Fuels <br />was committed to monitor vegetation during Year 3 (2006) in the permit document. The report, <br />"Revegetation Monitoring Report for Reclaimed Areas 2006 On The Southfield Mine" is on file <br />with the DRMS. <br />Four (which is 33%) of the twelve shrub and tree seedling plots were also sampled during 2006. <br />Plots sampled were: 1B; 213; 2E; & 3C. The plots are labeled and can be seen on Map 1, Mine Site <br />Reclamation Map. Averages of overall survival of species are as follows: Ponderosa Pine, 87.5%; <br />Rocky Mtn Juniper, 74.2%; Skunkbush Sumac, 51.3%; Mountain Mahogany, 44%; Pinion Pine, <br />62.5%. The Rocky Mtn Juniper fared best of the plots sampled ranging from 66.7% to 100%. <br />Mountain Mahogany had the higher mortality rate of the sites sampled. During 2008, it was visibly <br />noticeable that the Mountain Mahogany appeared more stressed & suffered more mortality than the <br />other seedling species. <br />Previously Revegetated Areas <br />Previously revegetated areas at the Mine Site include the main facilities area, small ancillary facility