Laserfiche WebLink
of Irrigated Pasture areas and Irrigated Pasture Swales were identified on the Morgan property. <br />Subsequent discussions with the Morgans have taken place where they believe that over the years, <br />the historic use of these areas has been Irrigated Cropland. For this reason, the Irrigated Pasture <br />areas have been re -designated as Irrigated Cropland up through the PR -08 application. The <br />TMR47, LLC property, east of 2700 Road has been both irrigated and used as dryland in the past. <br />There are 5 types of Rangeland - Sagebrush (SG), Sagebrush 1 (SG -1) and Sagebrush 2 (SG -2), <br />Floodplain and Deciduous Trees. Roads (R) are classified as Commercial use and Farmsteads and <br />associated open space disturbances are now classified as Residential use. Existing Disturbed lands <br />have now been called Residential - Open Space Disturbed Areas. No boundaries of these land use <br />areas have been changed, only the classification categories to comply with Rule 1.04. <br />For the 2009 Permit Revision, a slight boundary adjustment due to more accurate surveying has <br />changed the permit boundary from 823.56 acres to 827.44 acres. The changes all occur on the <br />extreme west edge of the permit area on the Morgan property and the WFC property. <br />The TR -65 application adds 2.83 acres to encompass the 88 Detour Road. The addition changes <br />the permit area from 827.44 acres to 830.27 acres and affects the Slash M, LLC (Morgan) property. <br />4.0 Description of Pre -Mine Land Use Areas <br />See Map 2.04.3 for the exact location of all of these areas. Detailed descriptions of the pre -mine <br />vegetation types are included in Section 2.04.10 Vegetation Information. The entire permit area <br />is 830.27 acres. Of this total, 770.87 acres will be disturbed. <br />4.1 Cropland - Irrigated Orchards (ICO) This category includes a few abandoned fruit tree <br />orchards from decades ago. They were not in well kept condition during initial permitting in 1987. <br />4.2 Cropland - Irrigated Alfalfa Hay (IC) These areas have some combination of grass and alfalfa <br />which are well-managed, irrigated consistently with application of fertilizer and harvested. Alfalfa <br />is the predominant plant. These lands have primarily prime farmland soils, as determined by the <br />NRCS in 2008. See discussion in this section on Prime Farmlands and prime Farmland Soils. <br />4.3 Cropland - Irrigated Small Grain (ICSG) These areas were historically used for small grain <br />production. Within the permit area, soils where this type is delineated are generally shallow and <br />boggy, and not considered to have a high crop production potential. During the baseline sampling <br />Revised December 2014 (TR -65) 2.04.3-5 <br />