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INTRODUCTION <br />The CF&I Steel Corporation operates two underground coal mines <br />35 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. The two mines are the Maxwell <br />Mine and the Allen Mine, each on separate permit areas. The Allen <br />Mine is approximately 5 miles northwest of the Maxwell Kline. <br />Disturbed areas on the Maxwell Mine include grassland and <br />pinyon -juniper vegetation types, while areas to be disturbed on the <br />Allen Mine include Ponderosa pine -Douglas fir -oak, Ponderosa pine - <br />oak, and willow carr vegetation types. A species list for these <br />vegetation types is given in Appendix B. <br />• s Representative areas of each vegetation type were inventoried <br />for vegetation cover and production by major species and species <br />categories. Density of trees, shrubs and saplings in each type was <br />also obtained. The results of the inventory were used to identify <br />dominant species in each type and discuss the relationships of the <br />dominant species with their environment. <br />The general vegetation types were mapped on a scale of 1:500. <br />These maps can be found in Appendix C. <br />• <br />