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labeled for aquatic use. Herbicide application will be in accordance with label <br />instructions (the label is considered a legal document) <br />7.4 Recommended Seeding for Reclamation <br />Final reclamation and revegetation of the project area will help mitigate effects to wildlife <br />habitat. Interim reclamation will be used during project development and ongoing transportation <br />of coal. The Colorado Division of Mining and Safety requires final reclamation after the site is <br />no longer used as part of a coal loadout facility. <br />Disturbed areas outside the rail right -of -way would be suitable for reclamation. Soils in the area <br />appear to be inadequate to maintain diverse natural vegetation and revegetation may pose a <br />challenge. A goal would be to have greasewood reinvade the upland habitats and perhaps add <br />grass species, which would likely improve upland habitat conditions. The present greasewood <br />shrublands supports a viable wildlife community with greater species diversity than might be <br />expected. Reclamation with a few species listed in Table 12 may be considered; however, other <br />seeding recommendation may be employed for reclamation. Selection of proper seed mixes is <br />critical. Native plants adapted to the conditions at the project site would increase the opportunity <br />for successful reclamation. It would advantageous to reclaim with a combination of shrubs and <br />grasses. <br />Table 12. Low - Elevation salt- desert scrub /sagebrush seed recommendations <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Names <br />Variety <br />Season <br />Form <br />PLS <br />lbs /acre* <br />Plant Both of the Following (5% Each, 10% Total) <br />Fourwing <br />Atriplex canescens <br />VNS <br />Shrub <br />2.5 <br />Saltbush <br />Shadscale <br />Atriplex confertifolia <br />VNS <br />Shrub <br />2.0 <br />and Two of the Following (25% Each, 50% Total) <br />Bottlebrush <br />Elymus elymoides, Sitanion <br />VNS <br />Cool <br />Bunch <br />3.4 <br />S uirreltail <br />h strix <br />Streambank <br />Elymus lanceolatus ssp. <br />Sod - <br />Wheatgrass <br />psammophilus, Agropyron <br />Sodar <br />Cool <br />forming <br />4.2 <br />ri arium <br />Bluebunch <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata <br />Secar <br />Cool <br />Bunch <br />4.7 <br />Wheat grass <br />and One of the Following (20% Total) <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />Achnatherum [Oryzopsis] <br />Paloma, <br />Cool <br />Bunch <br />3.7 <br />h enoides <br />Rimrock <br />Sandberg <br />Poa sandbergii, Poa <br />VNS <br />Cool <br />Bunch <br />0.6 <br />Bluegrass <br />secunda <br />and One of the Following (10% Total) <br />Alkali Sacaton <br />Sporobolus airoides <br />VNS <br />Warm <br />Bunch <br />0.15 <br />Salina Wildrye <br />Leymus salinus <br />VNS <br />Cool <br />Bunch <br />1.0 <br />30 <br />