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© range between 400 to 800 pounds of air dry forage per acre. The median <br />production expected on a well managed Stony Foothills range site is 600 pounds of <br />air dry forage per acre. <br />I -A <br />The range site has been given a high value rating for deer use but low for elk <br />use. It is given a medium use value for sheep and cattle. As a watershed, the <br />range site has a medium value rating. Aspen pockets occur along the upper <br />portion of the Williams Fork Mountains on the eastern most portions of the <br />proposed mine plan area., These pockets are few in number and range in size from <br />1-5 acres. Neither of these two vegetation types are expected to be impacted by <br />mining or reclamation activities during the proposed permit life. <br />The remaining two types, mountain shrub and big sagebrush grass, will be impacted <br />by mining and reclamation activities. According to the State of Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Division's regulations and baseline data compiled in 1979-1980, <br />both types are categorized as shrublands (Table 2.3.9). <br />2-93A <br />