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The shrub :rod tree planting lists contained in Table ZZ-8, Shrub and Tree Planting List, include tree <br />• and shrub seedlings to be used in developed planting sites. The planted species will establish islands <br />that will eventually develop woody plant communities, restore habitat, and enhance phut community <br />diversity, pattern, and structure. The plantings are not intended to restore woody plant communities <br />on a large scale in the mine-affected azeas. However, the species selected for the various planting <br />azeas aze native to the area and site-adapted and survivors will be able to spread and colonize new <br />azeas over time. The plantings will be concentrated in larger open blocks of the reclaimed area to <br />promote woody plant reestablishment and mitigate wildlife habitat loss. They will be sufEdendy <br />scattered to diversify habitat potential and develop wildlife corridors. Exhibit 22-I, Postmining <br />Vegetation, shows primary selection areas for planting sites. These azeas approximate the minimum <br />azea to be established and illustrate the primary azeas within which concentrated plantings will be <br />distributed. Final site selection and location of planting sites will be based on field conditions. There <br />aze a number of approaches that will be implemented in various combinations during the <br />establishment of the tree and shrub sites, including: <br />• The use of surface roughening by dozer or track-hoe gouging on slopes of 35% ox steeper. <br />• A combination of seeding and planting to be used in ail concentrated tree and shrub <br />• establishment azeas. Broadcast seeding with Seedtnix #5 will supplement planting. <br />~ Select mesic, aspen, and upland shrub planting sites will be protected with elk proof fencing. See <br />Exhibit 22-1, Post-Mining Vegetation, for selected locations. <br />• The new aspens sites will have 500 one-gallon size saplings planted. These azeas will be fenced <br />and provisions for supplemental watering provided. <br />• Thick topsoil (3.5 to 4.0 feet) will be placed in the aspen and mesic tree and shrub planting sites. <br />Suffident sites will be established to meet the criteria in the woody plant density success aiteria. <br />Shrubs and trees will not be planted in disturbances along the haul toad corridor because of the <br />narrow width of the corridor (approximately 200 feet) and the potential for shrub invasion from <br />immediately adjacent native shrublands. Shrub seed has been included in the haul road corridor <br />upland mix (Seed Mix No. 1B). <br />Natural regeneration of shrubs, particularly big sagebrush and mountain snowberry, has played an <br />important role in woody plant reestablishment at the Seneca R Mine. These two shrubs occur in <br />native stands that have a high composition of herbaceous spades. It should be expected that these <br />• two spades will dominate shrub composition 1n reclaimed areas which aze inherently comprised of <br />primarily herbaceous spades. Complimenting natural regeneration will be the inclusion of shrub seed <br />PR-02 18 Revised 01106 <br />