2016-10-28_PERMIT FILE - C2010089A (3)

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