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7.0 Dryland Pasture Revegetation <br />The reclaimed dryland pasture type will be established in areas which were previously <br />sagebrush rangeland on the 1987 Travessitta-Pinon soils and on 1999 soil map units 9813, 98C, <br />and 98H (see Map 2.04.9-1). It also will be established on former irrigated lands that do not <br />have sufficient water for future irrigation. Although attempted in the past, irrigation will not be <br />employed on dryland pasture. <br />Some dryland pastures will be restored so that, if water becomes available in the future, these <br />lands could be irrigated after the liability period. <br />Seed Mix #8 has been developed for dryland pasture on this permit area, to provide a mix of <br />species that are compatible with the dryland pasture type, have a high level of utility, and will <br />provide long term protection of the resource. <br />Other areas reclaimed to the dryland pasture type occupy locations where the Pinon-Progresso <br />loams complex (1987), soil map units 98C, 98B, and 98H (1999), and sagebrush vegetation <br />types occurred prior to mining (see Section 2.04.9 and 2.04.10). Some of these reclaimed areas <br />will have only received ancillary disturbances during mining activities. The associated <br />disturbance relates to topsoil removal for the location of roads, stockpiles, facilities, and <br />regrading activities during reclamation. These areas were not flood irrigated prior to mining <br />because of shallow soils, rock outcrops, and topography. Since these areas will remain basically <br />unchanged in terms of topography, they will not be irrigated in the post mine land use. The <br />establishment of a dryland pasture type is consistent with both the pre- and postmining land uses <br />in the area and best reflects that which is attainable under the expected site conditions and <br />management potential. <br />Page 43 May 2016 (TR -75) <br />