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area will be hayed in late June after any vegetation studies are completed. Winter grazing by <br />cows, deer and elk occur on all areas. <br />Plans for haying: The reclaimed area is hayed in late June after any vegetation studies are <br />completed. The reference area is too small to hay, therefore, it is grazed to simulate the haying. <br />The contractor will be instructed to graze the reference area to this same degree. <br />Plans for fertilization: Fertilizer may be applied to the reference area and the reclaimed area but <br />must be done at the same time and the same rate per acre on both areas. The application rate will <br />be similar to normal practices in the surrounding area for Reclaimed Irrigated Pasture. The <br />contractor will be instructed that this practice must be followed. Fertilizer may not be applied <br />every year. It will be applied at the frequency that is normal good practice for the area and the <br />soils, as determined by NRCS. <br />Bond Liability Period Management - Reclaimed Irrigated Pasture and Intensively <br />Managed Irrigated Pasture <br />Maintenance activities will include the normal monitoring for and repair of excessive rilling or <br />gullying, weed and pest control. The rill and gully management and stabilization plan is detailed <br />at the end of this section. Weed and pest control management will be conducted as necessary <br />and in accordance with the plan described at the end of this section. <br />Grazing of the reclaimed Irrigated Pasture or Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture will not be <br />considered during the first season in order to reduce trampling and pulling of the young plants by <br />livestock. Harvesting (mechanical) will be used if necessary to remove any significant growth <br />during the first season. After the first season, and depending on the size of the management unit <br />and the status of adjacent reclaimed areas, grazing may be implemented in the winter. <br />Harvesting will continue to be considered as a management option if grazing is not implemented <br />in any given year. Harvested hay will be removed from the fields as rapidly as hay quality and <br />weather conditions permit. <br />During the bond liability, re -plowing or disking and/or inter -seeding of the Irrigated Pasture <br />areas might occur to restore the health of the fields and the status of the plant growth, which is a <br />normal husbandry practice. The initial use of a green manure crop in the 1" year is also essential <br />since much of the topsoil will be placed from stockpiles that have been in place for a significant <br />amount of time. See letters in Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e)-2 from NRCS, the local NRCS specialist, <br />which substantiate these practices. Grazing of the reclaimed Irrigated Pasture areas will also be <br />duplicated in a similar manner on the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area. <br />Section 2.05.4(2)(e) Page 19 May 2015 <br />