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SECTION 7.0 Miscellaneous <br />7.1 Vegetation Monitoring on Trapper Reclaimed Lands <br />Baseline and Phase II bond release vegetation monitoring on 400 acres of reclaimed Trapper <br />rangelands in Ashmore, Derringer, Flintlock, East Flintlock (Z) and Hawken pits that had been initially <br />topsoiled and seeded between 2002 and 2007 was accomplished during the 2008 field season. A <br />total of 116 fifty-meter transects were monitored. In addition, the second of two years of vegetation <br />sampling occurred on 305 acres of reclaimed rangelands that were part of an application for final <br />(Phase III) bond release in 2008. The rangelands sampled for final bond release were reclaimed <br />from 1996 through 1998 and were located in Ashmore, Derringer and Hawken Pits. Vegetation <br />parameters sampled during 2008 included ground cover, plant production, species composition and <br />woody stem density. <br />Vegetation monitoring planned for 2009 will include just routine sampling of new reclaimed areas and <br />selected older reclaimed areas. <br />7.2 Grazing of Reclaimed Lands <br />No cattle grazing occurred on Trapper non final bond-released reclaimed lands during 2008, nor is <br />any planned for 2009. <br />7.3 2008 Revegetation Seed Mixes <br />• Section 3.6.3.5 of Trapper's Mining and Reclamation permit requires the Division be notified of the <br />seed mixtures proposed to be used each year. Tables 7-1 through 7-4 give the 2009 proposed <br />mixtures. An aerial interseeding project is planned on approximately 100 acres of relatively recent <br />reclaimed rangelands (Table 7-4). Species included in the mixture are small-seeded shrub and forb <br />species that would be expected to be best adapted to an aerial seeding approach. <br />Required seed packing slips are attached behind Table 7-4 for shipments received in 2008. <br />7.4 Trapper Mine Facilities <br />In 2008, Trapper Mine facilities were not significantly changed during the reporting year. Power <br />distribution line was extended in Flintlock and East Flintlock Pit for pit advancement and substation <br />locations for the Molly Brown and Baby Doe draglines. <br />FVL 3/09 <br />[DRMS\07VEGte)Q7-0] <br />•