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5. Post Reclamation Use <br />Most of the future site's use will be recreation and wildlife habitat. The lakes will be used <br />primarily for wildlife habitat with some fishing and boating recreational use. The lakes will be <br />allowed to regularly interact with spring flows, providing native species backwater breeding <br />areas. The areas surrounding the lakes will primarily be used as wildlife habitat. Most <br />surrounding riparian areas will be left undisturbed in order to provide quality wildlife habitat. <br />Those reclaimed slopes above the wetland fringe around the lakes will be dryland, used for <br />wildlife habitat. <br />Two gas well pads are also currently permitted for the site, as shown on Map C-2. These may or <br />may not be installed, but are included in the permit for the purpose of good reclamation planning. <br />The mine reclamation plan will leave these small areas accessible and graded, but no topsoil will <br />be applied to the pad surfaces. Once the wells are depleted, these pads will be reclaimed <br />according to the rules of the Oil and Gas Commission. These areas are part of the 5.07 acres <br />shown in the Reclamation Areas table as Roads/Pads. <br />6. Post Reclamation Drainage <br />In general, all slopes of the disturbed ground will be sloped to direct runoff into the lakes. The <br />culverts passing under 1-70 carrying storm water and return irrigation will be allowed to enter the <br />lakes as well. This will remove the issues associated with non-native i:ish species and provide <br />backwater breeding areas preferred by the native species. <br />• <br />Scott Pit March 10 E-6