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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 /> These areas are mine ponds or restored ponds that will generally be used for stock watering <br /> during grazing in or nearby to irrigate pastures or dryland pastures. <br /> Page 5 January 2019 (TR-85) <br />