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As indicated in Section 2 6 preliminary results of this study should be viewed with caution as <br />seeding of these plots coincidentally occurred in an "excellent" shrub recruitment year mine-wide. If <br />these plots were seeded one year earlier or later, the shrub cover and densities most likely would have <br />been considerably lower. For example, Unit EP042 (adjacent to the shrub plots) was seeded with a <br />shrub-only mix in 2002 and exhibits only 119 shrubs per acre after seven growing seasons. Large scale <br />use of the techniques employed in the shri b study (shrub-only mix, no topsoil) should be avoided due to <br />the possibility of revegetation failure and erosional instability (as indicated by the test plot results). <br />Cedar Creek recommends using heavy shrub / low grass mixes and thin topsoil applications on flatter <br />slopes (<10%) and on a contour strip-seeding design alternating experimental techniques with typical <br />seed mixes and topsoil depths. This would provide shrubs and forbs a less competitive environment for <br />germination and seedling growth while pry <br />"secondary" seeding from windblown seed <br />ng erosional stability to the landform. This also allows for <br />n neighboring bands of grass heavy reclamation. <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page 55 Colowyo Mine <br />2009 Revegetation Monitoring Report