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2010 Reclamation Report <br />Southfield Mine <br />clumps in the reclaimed facilities and refuse disposal areas at the Mine Site in accordance with <br />permit requirements and in response to landowner preference. Accordingly, during May 2004, <br />approximately 1,800 plants were purchased from and then planted by the Colorado State Forest <br />Service. Based on a plan approved by the DRMS (former DMG), EFCI established a total of <br />seven (7) shrub clumps (plots) on the refuse pile, the Pond 3 and 4 areas, and a total of five (5) <br />shrub clumps in the facilities area on the Vento property. The approved shrub clumps were <br />planted based on following composition of seedlings: <br />Refuse Area Shrub Clumps (small <br />12 Rocky Mountain junipers <br />4 Ponderosa pine <br />48 Skunkbrush sumac <br />Refuse Area Shrub Clumps (large) <br />(2 times the above seedling numbers) <br />Facilities Area Shrub Clumps <br />60 Rocky Mountain junipers <br />20 Ponderosa pine <br />16 Pinon pine <br />4 Red cedars <br />52 Mountain mahogany <br />48 Skunkbrush sumac <br />Shrub clump planting involved specific methods intended to improve plant survival rates. All <br />seedlings were placed in holes along with a moisture retaining gel to keep the roots moist. On the <br />ground surface, various methods of mulching were installed which incorporated approximately <br />sixty percent of the planted seedlings. In addition, nearly half the plants were wrapped with <br />plastic shrub guards to reduce wildlife browsing damage. <br />During the summer season of 2006, Mr. Kent Crofts of I.M.E., Inc. did the interim revegetation <br />sampling and reporting at the mine site, the refuse pile area and at the Loadout site. Energy Fuels <br />was committed to monitor vegetation during Year 3 (2006) and Year 7 (2010) in the permit <br />document. The report, "Revegetation Monitoring Report for Reclaimed Areas 2006 On The <br />Southfield Mine" is on file with the DRMS. EFCI has not yet received the revegetation report for <br />2010. <br />Four (which is 33 %) of the twelve shrub and tree seedling plots were also sampled during 2006. <br />Plots sampled were: 113; 213; 2E; & 3C. The plots are labeled and can be seen on Map 1, Mine <br />Site Reclamation Map. Averages of overall survival of species are as follows: Ponderosa Pine, <br />87.5%; Rocky Mtn Juniper, 74.2%; Skunkbush Sumac, 51.3%; Mountain Mahogany, 44%; <br />Pinion Pine, 62.5 %. The Rocky Mtn Juniper fared best of the plots sampled ranging from 66.7 % <br />to 100%. Mountain Mahogany had the higher mortality rate of the sites sampled. It was visibly <br />noticeable that the Mountain Mahogany appeared more stressed & suffered more mortality than <br />the other seedling species. <br />During the summer season of 2010, triangular structures of woven wire fencing and steel fence <br />4