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The Johnson Property (owned by New Horizon) will also contain a small piece of Irrigated <br />Cropland that will be managed as Prime Farmland. <br />2.2 Irrigated Pasture (IP) <br />These reclaimed areas consist of primarily grasses but can have some alfalfa. This reclamation <br />land use encompasses the pre -mine land use type of Irrigated Hayland and Irrigated Pasture. <br />The Irrigated Pasture areas are generally not quite as well managed Irrigated Hayland areas as <br />they have a lesser percentage of alfalfa, slightly poorer soils and may not yield as much <br />vegetation, but overall, they are similar. The Irrigated Hayland areas were generally baled while <br />the Irrigated Pastures were generally grazed. In many cases, the field may start out as an <br />Irrigated Hayland area, but over time the alfalfa percentage drops and the field becomes more <br />like an Irrigated Pasture area. Both of these pre- mine areas are absorbed into the post -mine use <br />of Irrigated Pasture. In all cases of discussions of post mine vegetation and land use, both types <br />will be referred to as Irrigated Pasture. <br />2.3 Pasture - Irrigated Swales (IPSW) <br />These areas are generally low-lying areas which drain irrigated fields around them. They are not <br />directly irrigated but usually have substantial water from the surrounding fields. They can have <br />wetland plants and these areas are not managed or baled. For post -mine land use success, they <br />are measured in the same manner as Irrigated Pasture. <br />2.4 Dryland Pasture (DP) <br />These areas are restored dryland areas that focus toward establishment of adapted dryland <br />grasses, forbs and shrubs, with the intent that these areas will be grazed by livestock animals for <br />their permanent post -mine land use. Much of these areas were either dry pastures or sagebrush <br />rangelands in the pre -mine condition. Some lands that were previously irrigated but do not now <br />have the water needed for irrigation may be converted to Dryland Pasture. There is no sagebrush <br />shrub in the post -mine Dryland Pasture. <br />2.5 Rangeland - Undisturbed (R -U) <br />These areas are natural dry rangeland areas that have not been disturbed by mining activities. <br />This is a minor portion of the permit area. <br />2.6 Developed Water Resource - Ponds (P) <br />Page 5 May 2016 (TR -75) <br />