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Trees carried in planting bags or trays shall not exceed the amount that can be carried and <br /> removed without injury, or which can be planted before critical heating or drying occurs. Trees <br /> placed in bags or trays shall be planted out and not returned to storage. <br /> Spacing, Spot Selection, and Planting Spot <br /> Generally, the trees will be planted on the mine bench outslopes. Some trees may be planted <br /> at the crest or toe of the outslopes as well. Trees planted on the outslopes will be planted on a <br /> very tight spacing in rows that stretch across the face of the outslopes parallel with contour. <br /> Typically, four(4) rows of trees will be planted at any one planting location. PROJECT <br /> MANAGER will delineate the planting areas in the field during construction. <br /> The first row to be planted will the furthest upslope row. The trees will be planted five (5) feet <br /> apart from one another as measured perpendicular to the fall of the slope. The second row of <br /> trees will be planted approximately five (5)feet down slope of the first row, but the row will be <br /> offset so that the trees are centered in the space between the trees of the first row. Two more <br /> rows of trees will be planted below the second row, each having the same offset pattern and <br /> plant to plant distances. <br /> Trees may be planted at locations other than the outslopes. PROJECT MANAGER will <br /> determine plant spacing planting locations during construction. At planting areas other than the <br /> outslopes, planting spots will be selected where stationary protection, such as stumps, logs and <br /> terrain breaks, are located on the south to west side of the tree. Where stationary material is <br /> not available within the immediate vicinity, planter will protect the trees by placing the largest <br /> transportable woody or inert material over three inches (3") in diameter on the southwest side of <br /> the tree. Where possible, these materials will be placed within one inch (1") of the tree, except <br /> where larger pieces will provide protection when placed further away. When round material is <br /> used, it shall be placed in a manner which prevents it from rolling. Transportable material will <br /> never be placed on the uphill side of the tree. Should transportable or stationary material not be <br /> available, the tree shall still be planted. <br /> Before constructing the planting hole, CONTRACTOR will clear the planting spot of all limbs, <br /> logs, bark, rotten wood, rock and loose debris and shall scalp duff, sod, living plants, roots and <br /> other material unsuitable for tree growth, in order to expose bare ground. Minimum scalping <br /> diameter for each planting spot is eighteen inches (18"). <br /> Hole Construction, Tree Placement, Hole Filling, Species Mixing <br /> The hole will be located at the center of the scalped area. An open hole, broken out on three (3) <br /> sides, and deep and wide enough to fully accommodate the roots of the tree. The opening of a <br /> hole without breaking it out on three (3) sides is not permitted. <br /> The trees will be planted in the center of the prepared hole, deep enough so that one half inch <br /> (1/2") of soil can be placed on top of the plug, level with the surrounding soil surface, to seal the <br /> plug into the ground. Plug growing media shall not be distorted or broken from the root system <br /> during the planting process. If the media is broken, the tree will be planted as described herein, <br /> ensuring that the exposed roots are not doubled up, twisted, spiraled, bunched, jammed or <br /> compressed in the planting hole. <br /> Soil will be filled in and firmed around the plugs. Rock will be kept out of the holes. Soil will be <br /> filled in and firmed progressively so no loose soil or air pockets remain, and tree is as firmly <br /> 12 <br />