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.,r. effort should %.,de to eat3blish aspen' in t._- eisturbed areas <br /> since they are ;-.:ch snore valuable to wildlife t'ran the Spruce/r it as <br /> mentioned in the plan. <br /> 11. The plan mentions that 2900 acres of -Willow' <br /> will be destroyed. ..a <br /> sub est replacing as nmch of this •rabitst type as possible since it ' <br /> is a very valuable habitat type for wildlife. A wet readow effect <br /> should'be attem?ted and some sort of system devised to create = <br /> interrupted drainage. This loss of the Willow habitat should be <br /> miti;,ated. <br /> 12. ille t1:G? JeriOd for rec13.-„gtien is nOt Vary definitive. Our sU: ;eStion <br /> is to basin now on a fairly lr-.rge area to examine different reclamation <br /> techrieues and different type of revedeta.tion plantings. Then, when <br /> the project is completed and reclamation can cegin on the whole area, _ <br /> a proven method may be available. <br /> 13. The plan does not address -the scenic values along ::,,y 91,+a major .. <br /> A. routs. it does not addressthe visual i,apacts of the <br /> operation at all. - <br /> 14: The potential for flooding�er_ists, and s2iould this ha?aan, senior, <br /> downstream water rights could be'severly damaged. -- = 1 - <br /> 15.- If there is no industrial discharge from the operation, 'why are * <br /> dis char ge'permits required. Also,,'. there hag? been accidental dis- <br /> charges in the very: recent`.-past. _ - <br /> 'As mentioned earlier in'`t'rese com�ents, more research-needs' to"be " - <br /> done on the feasibili+,y"of planting shrubs and fortis. . <br /> 1 ^There�obviousl hasp-been'little'or no research done on tthe` ildlife�- <br /> in t:ie area. Ito mention- is' made of priors use and_what.species may `: ` <br /> have been historically.'present <br /> 18. Research needs to be' done to attempt to maintain'or 'enhance_ populations = __ <br /> on reclaimed lanes to determine if the over a11_ effort will be beneficial <br /> 19. .10 mention is r-.de of mitization of actual losses,, both of habitat <br /> and wildlife. <br /> 20. The Stocking rate for vegetation (page 10-9) is probably inadequate. <br /> Resparc_^, needs to 1?r done on natural stocking rates in similar sites <br /> to determine rates foe different species of plants. <br /> 21. Plan should include ;hotos to show reclamation efforts to date and <br /> should indicate the success and/or failure of these efforts. <br /> 22. Would like to see charts, maps or dia:7rams of reclamation plan showing <br /> ,a hat type reci oration for each disturbed site. <br /> 23. The plan does not address alpine tundra or willow marsh habitat types <br /> re-�rd to cover, heiuht or densities. <br />