2015-04-29_PERMIT FILE - C1981008A (7)

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3.0 Vegetation and Land Use Overview Note: For the 2006 Mid Term Review and the Permit Revision #6 for 2009, pre -mine vegetation types have been classified according to the listings in Rule 1.04 and Map 2.04.10 has been revised to show these re -classifications. No changes to the original study have been made, however, in order to follow the many pages of discussion of all the vegetation areas, the following classification changes are helpful. • Swale Drainage areas are now listed as Pastureland - Irrigated - Swale. (Map symbol IPSW) • Ponds are called Developed Water Resource - Ponds (Map symbol P) • There are no Facility areas and there were none in the original studies. • Orchards have been re-classified as Cropland - irrigated orchards (Map symbol ICO) • Croplands have been re-classified as Croplands - irrigated alfalfa hay (Map symbol IC) • Small grain croplands have been given a classification as Croplands - Small Grains (Map symbol ICSG) • Irrigated Hayland has been re-classified as Irrigated Pasture - Hayland (Map symbol IPH) since the management of these areas did not qualify these areas to meet the intensity required for classification as Irrigated Cropland in addition to soils that are not optimum. • Irrigated Pasture (Map symbol IP) has not changed. • Sagebrush (Map symbol SG) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. • Sagebrush 1 (Map symbol SG -1) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. • Sagebrush 2 (Map symbol SG -2) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. • Floodplain (Map symbol FP) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. • Deciduous Trees (Map symbol DT) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. • Farmsteads (Map symbol F) has not changed. It is a sub category under Residential Use. • Existing Disturbed lands have now been called Residential - Open Space Disturbed Areas (Map symbol D) February 2015 (TR -66) 2.04.10-7