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WFC developed a flood irrigation design for the Benson west property. This design can <br />be seen in Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e) -9. It allows for the irrigation of 12.40 acres of <br />Irrigated Pasture (IP) with 12 shares of water. The remaining 55.87 disturbed acres of <br />the Benson west property will be reclaimed as Dryland Pasture (DP). The remaining <br />area of the property consists of 2700 & BB Roads and undisturbed ground. <br />Site grading will allow for future irrigation across a major portion of the property. <br />See Map 2.05.4 -5 for the location of the irrigated and the dryland pasture portions of this tract. <br />This map also shows the reclaimed surface topography. Additional lands surrounding this 12.40 <br />acre irrigated area can be irrigated in the future if Benson decides to do so. A minimum of 52 <br />acres can be irrigated since the slopes are very mild (approx. 2.5 %), which represents the <br />actual surveyed final topography, as seen on Map 2.05.4 -5. Since the planned irrigation area <br />(12.40 acres) is at the high point, all lower areas can be easily irrigated if Benson decides to <br />make the water available for this area. The map shows the main pipe that would be used to <br />irrigate the proposed 12.4 acre area. If additional areas are irrigated after bond release, the <br />pipe would be extended to the north or south, as needed. <br />2) The parcel of 79.74 acres north of BB Road and immediately west of the aforementioned <br />Benson parcel, owned by NeydWFC. For clarity of identification, it is still referred to as the <br />Lloyd parcel, since Lloyd was the historical owner of this parcel. <br />• This tract was originally classified by Western Fue WFC as Irrigated Pasture and <br />Rangeland. <br />• The irrigated portions of this tract were "Flood Irrigated" in the past. That is to say, there <br />were no furrows, gated pipe, side roll sprinkler system or other methods to control water <br />distribution. Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at will.- <br />• <br />The - Lleyd-fa"4 FC owns 24 shares of Colorado Cooperative Company irrigation <br />water and all of it is dedicated to this tract. <br />• This tract of land has been abandoned from active farming for at least 15 years, <br />according to pre disturbance satellite images and the size and distribution of invasive <br />rose /sage brush and noxious weeds. <br />• There is no evidence the land was ever developed into a tract suitable to be irrigated by <br />a sprinkler system, but rather a flood irrigation technique was utilized. <br />August 2013 PR -08 2.05.4(2)(e) - 8 <br />