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Seed mixes and revegetation practices are designed to meet diversity standards set <br />forth in the permit for herbaceous species and woody shrub species. These <br />standards were revised through TR-71, approved in 1998. <br />The diversity standard for herbaceous species is based on pre-mining historical <br />data. The standard is: <br />1) At least five principal species including a minimum of four cool season <br />perennial grasses and a minimum of one perennial forb. <br />2) Each principal species shall contribute no less than 3.0% relative cover. <br />3) No single species shall contribute in excess of 50% relative cover. <br />4) No four species in combination shall exceed 80% relative cover. <br />The applicant will reestablish shrubs on Range Sites A and B by including various <br />native shrubs in the seed mixes and by transplanting mature woody shrub clumps. <br />A minimum of 250 mature shrub pads will be transplanted in each clump. The <br />clumps are approximately 1,400 apart. The shrub density standard on Range Sites <br />A and B is a minimum 400 live stems per acre and a minimum 50% survival of <br />pads within each clump. There is no shrub density standard for Range Site C. <br />(4.15.7(1)). <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use <br />The post-mining land use is discussed under Section 4.2 of Vol. IV of the permit <br />application. <br />Cropland, rangeland and wildlife habitat are the currently approved post-mining land <br />uses. Recreational uses such as picnicking and hiking during the summer months as <br />well as cross-country skiing and snowmobiling during the winter months would be <br />compatible with the reclamation and the surrounding areas. Industrial use of the <br />facilities area is possible but these facilities are not currently approved as permanent. <br />The Division has approved the alternative post-mining land uses of recreation (mine- <br />wide) and industrial development of the facilities area only. These alternate land uses <br />must be considered in terms of their compatibility with wildlife and domestic <br />livestock use. The land use meets the criteria of Rule 4.16.3. <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values <br />Section 4.6 of Vol. IV of the permit application discusses the protection of fish, wildlife <br />and related environmental values. <br />Wildlife habitat is a planned post-mining land use. The applicant has selected <br />appropriate plant species and distributions to benefit fish and wildlife. (4.18(4)(i)). <br />Trapper Mine 34 September 21, 2009