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• areas and can be operated on relatively steep terrain. All drill seeding operations will be done <br />on the contour unless steep slopes restrict operations to up and down the slope for safety <br />reasons. <br />Broadcast seeding will 6e carried out in azeas where drill-seeding operations would be <br />restricted, including riprap drainage channels and steep slopes that have been roughened by <br />dozer or track-hoe gouging. Broadcast seeding will also be used in concentrated shrub seeding <br />areas. A Cyclone type seeder will be used for broadcast seeding operations, Broadcast seeding <br />rates, where not specifically noted, will be double the drill seeding rates. Mountain big <br />sagebrush will be broadcast or dribble seeded over the remaining acres requiring Seedmia 1 a[ a <br />minimum rate of 0.25 lbs per acre. <br />Shrub and tree seedlings will be planted primarily by hand methods. Hand planting improves <br />opportunities Eor seedlings to 6e placed in available mictosites and allows planting where site <br />conditions would restrict larger mechanical planting equipment. Hand planting equipment <br />includes planting hoes, spades, and bazs, or portable planting augers. Mechanical seedling <br />planting will be considered as an optional planting method on sites, which aze not excessively <br />• steep or rockq. Mechanical seedling planting will be conducted on the contour. Planting of <br />shrub and tree seedlings will be conducted primarily in the Eall as dormant plantings. Spring <br />dormant plantings may be conducted if conditions permit. <br />Live shrvb clump transplant areas, when developed, will be established using methods similaz <br />to those implemented at the Seneca II and Yoast Mines. Mature shrvbs will be salvaged in <br />advance of topsoil stripping operations or from native shrub stands adjacent to the limit of <br />topsoil stripping. The shrub clump transplant azea wilt be prepazed by replacing slightly deeper <br />topsoil in the transplant azea in order for a basin to be constructed that will retain sufficient <br />topsoil between graded spoil and the transplanted shrub clump. Following the first killing <br />frost, shrub clumps will be salvaged using front-end loaders or similar equipment and <br />transported to the transplant area. Once the shrub clump is placed in the basin, topsoil will be <br />pushed and compacted around each clump. Supplemental watering will follow placement of <br />the shrub clump and final topsoil shapiag. <br />The live shrub clump transplant areas will vary fzom 1.0 to 1.5 acres in size and may be placed <br />• in the vicinity of concentrated planting locations shown on Exhibit 22-1. The transplant azea <br />may contain up to 100 individual shrub clumps per acre. Transplant areas will be sufficiently <br />PR-05 <br />35 <br />Revised 04/Ofi <br />