Restoring Your Land After Energy Production

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By Paula D. Maywald Restoration Ecologist Land Steward Consultants, LTD


Surface Use Agreement Annual Drilling Plan Central Point of Contact Current Map of Surface Qualified Personnel to Evaluate and Implement Plan Re-evaluate Plan Periodically


Site Selection






Salvage


Separate Soils


Pipeline & Flowline ROWs


Stockpile Topsoil


Old Production Sites


Plug Non-producing or abandoned wells


Remove Equipment


Remove Caliche Or Base Material


Remediate


Compacted Soil


Rip Old Pads & Roads


Fix Erosion & Blend Topography


Purchase Adapted Native Seed


Hire Competent Professionals


Clean & Prepare Seedbed


Plant with Favorable Conditions


Rain!!


Plant Against the Slope


Need Good Soil Moisture


Bare Soil

Planted Seedbed Native Forb Covering


Minimize Exotic Species Transfer


Common Sources for Invasive Species Introduction


Rehabilitate Mixed Soils


Soil Amendments •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •

Humate Mulch Sulfur Gypsum Micronutrients Macronutrients Green Sand Bone Meal Fish Emulsion Seaweed Macrofauna


Application of Soil Amendments


Microbial Inoculation Seed Coating

Hay Inoculation


Cover Crops



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