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Revegetation <br /> Revegetation success was not closely inspected, due to early stage of the growing season and focus on <br /> erosional issues. Wheat cover crop was evident in various areas seeded last fall, and perennial grasses had <br /> very recently germinated in some of the 2008 seeded locations. <br /> Progress has been made with respect to control and suppression of noxious weed infestations in a number of <br /> locations (such as depicted in Photos#1 and#2); however weed control is an on-going aspect of the reclamation <br /> operation. Whitetop is still present in various locations, including areas along the tie across haul road and in the <br /> vicinity of Stock Pond T-18. Canada thistle and houndstongue are still widespread throughout the reclamation <br /> area, with dense patches in some locations. <br /> The fenced shrub planting area in the lower portion of the 017 reclaimed watershed was observed. 1 gallon size <br /> containerized aspen and upland shrubs were planted in the fall of 2008. In addition, a large; number of 6 to 8 <br /> foot tall bare root wilding aspen and some chokecherry were transplanted from the"aspen farm"area on site, at <br /> the same time. The commercial containerized plants appeared healthy and robust; almost all of the bare root <br /> transplants were leafless and may be dead (roots may have dried out during the transplanting/transporting <br /> process). Weedguard fabric was used in the planting, but in many instances, it appears that the fabric may have <br /> been covered over too deeply with soil. <br /> Revegetation/Reclamation success will be evaluated more closely later in the growing season. <br /> 1i -4— <br /> dt C r� 0 f,:p 60-c �4 l c F- C/ �7 �"o ci-n lo' <br /> 6 <br />