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9.0 COMPANY SPONSORED RESEARCH
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9.0 COMPANY SPONSORED RESEARCH ................................... 1
9.1 TAILING REVEGETATION RESEARCH .......................... 1
9.1.1 Feasibility of Vegetatively Stabilized Mine
Tailing at Climax... ..... .................. 1
9.1.2 Tailing Revegetation Research ................... 2
4.1.3 Dust Control Research.. .. ... ........
. . ... .. ... 9
9.1.4 Manure Application Rate Field Study 1973...,..... 10
9.1.5 Lime Rate Study on Tailing 1976 ................. 12
9.1.6 Straw Mulching Study on Tailing 1976......,...... 13
9.1.7 Alpine and Waste Rock Reclamation Research....... 15
9.1.8 Research on Uptake of Heavy Metals by
Vegetation... .. .... ... ,......
.. ... ... ... ... .. . 16
9.1.9 Research on Plant Cover, Species Diversity;
and Production of Vegetation on Reclaimed
Tailing ........ .... ...........................
• 17
9.1.10 Research on Nutrient
Regimes in Waste Rock
with Amendments ................................. 18
9.1.11 Soil, Tailing, and Vegetation Monitoring ire the
Area Surrounding the Henderson Mill Site and
Tailing Pond ... ................................ 19
9.1.12 Infrared Photo Monitoring of Vegetation near
Mill and Tailing.. ...................
~ 20
9.2 HIGH ALTITUDE REVEGETATION
RESEARCH .................... 22
9.2.1 Species Adaptation Research ..................... 22
9.2.2 Tree and Shrub Research.. .... ............. 27
9.2.3 High Altitude Seed Source Research .............. 32
9.2.4 Species/Strain Testing, 1974 Plots .............. 33
9.2.5 Native Species Study on Tailing 1976............ 33
9.2.6 Legume Establishment and Adaptation Study
on Soil and Subsoil 1976 ........................ 35
9.2.7 Nitrogen Fertility Study on Disturbed
Soils 1974 ...................................... 37
9.2.8 Slow Release Nitrogen Fertilizer Study on
Soils 1976........ ...... .. ......
... ... .... ..... 40
9.2.9 Native Species Establishment on Disturbed
Soils 1978... ....... .... .. ... ...... 42
9.3 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES....... 43
9.3.1 Information Dissemination ....................... 43
9.3.2 SCS Research Plots and Upper Colorado
Environmental Plant Center..
........ ..... ..... 44
9.3.3 Colorado Mountain College (Leadville, Color~ido). 44