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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />"01360 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br /> <br />Ute Economic Analysis File <br /> <br /> <br />John Raines, Western Research Corporation <br /> <br /> <br />July 21, 1986 <br /> <br /> <br />Clearing and Grubbing <br /> <br />1.0 Introduction <br />WRC's crop budgets include seed bed tillage operations specific to <br />each crop being grown. However, they do not include any canopy and brush <br />clearing costs required prior to preparation for crop production. Land <br />leveling costs are assumed to be negligible or incorporated into the costs <br />of developing the specific irrigation system to be used on the parcel and <br />are not included in the clearing costs or crop budgets. <br />This memorandum describes the land cover class assumptions, analytical <br />methodology, and clearing costs by land cover class. The clearing costs <br />are annualized assuming 8.375 percent interest over a 50 year project life. <br /> <br />2.0 Methodology <br /> <br /> <br />A. Classes of Land Cover <br /> <br /> <br />Three land cover classes are described by the amount of <br /> <br /> <br />juniper and pinion pine tree cover on the parcel: <br /> <br /> <br />. I - less than 10 percent tree cover <br /> <br /> <br />. II - 10 to 40 percent with an average of 25 percent tree cover <br /> <br /> <br />. III - more than 40 percent with an average of 70 percent tree <br /> <br /> <br />cover <br /> <br />.(~~1 <br />