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Revecetation <br />The eastern 1 /2 of the permit area is a rangeland post- mining land use. The disturbed area <br />was reclaimed with this final objective. Much of the reclaimed lands consist of moderate to <br />steep slopes of various aspects based on location. South - facing areas have always been <br />sparse with regard to vegetative cover and more prone to rill and gully development. <br />However, shrubs find these areas suitable and many of the steep south - facing slopes are <br />shrub- covered with a sparse understory of grasses and forbs. <br />Two areas of reclamation were completed by the Division during the reclamation liability. <br />Both of these areas were former sediment ponds and are located immediately adjacent to <br />County Road 44. Initially, pond 15 -P10 was reclaimed, and followed some 5 -6 years later by <br />the reclamation of pond 15 -P1. In 2004, a ditch located between the two ponds that diverts <br />water to a box culvert under CR44, was reshaped and check dams were added. The lower <br />portion of this ditch has since eroded to the level of the bottom of the box culvert. Another <br />pond, 15 -1 is located on ranchette property immediately across CR44 from the reclaimed <br />area of pond 15 -P1. This pond has recently developed a large hole through the <br />embankment, likely from piping along the outlet tube during a past storm event. <br />