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September 7, 2016 C-1981-019/Colowyo Coal Mine ZTT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 3 of 6 <br /> <br />evidence of Elk having bedded down and browsed plants in this shrub plot. The operator has opened all the fenced <br />shrub plots included in the requested parcel areas. <br /> <br />The inspection moved over to three parcels in the West Pit area. The three parcels in the west pit included <br />WP008, WP011, and WP009. Parcel WP008 and Parcel WP011 were located on the slopes of the West Pit fill. <br />WP008 had a dense stand dominated by Great Basin Wildrye, Thickspike wheatgrass, and Mountain brome. <br />Columbian sharptail grouse were flushed from this parcel. Cover on WP008 and WP011 were very good and <br />diverse. WP009 is a half-acre parcel on the west side of the East Taylor drainage. The area has a good perennial <br />vegetative community established. A gully is forming at the northern end of the light use road used to get to this <br />parcel. The gully is outside of the requested WP009 parcel. <br /> <br />Both the Mountain Shrub reference area and Sagebrush reference areas were visited. Both areas are in good <br />condition with no apparent disturbances or degradation of the reference areas. The sagebrush in the Sagebrush <br />reference area is old and some of it dying off naturally. The reference areas appear in agreement with data <br />reported in the SL10 application. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />