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RULE 2 PERMITS <br /> provide important habitat for big game species, predators, and small mammals including deer mice,voles, <br /> shrews, and squirrels. <br /> Bottomland grass habitats provide limited habitat for wildlife. However, it does provide foraging habitat <br /> for some species, including sage grouse, turkey vulture, horned lark, American robin, song sparrow, <br /> vesper sparrow, and western meadowlark. Elk and deer also use this type for foraging through out the <br /> year. <br /> Habitats within the general project area are same as the above except for burned and reclaimed habitats. <br /> These habitats are similar and provide habitat for similar species. Typical species include mourning dove, <br /> American kestrel, red-tailed hawk, mountain bluebird, vesper sparrow, song sparrow, Brewer's blackbird, <br /> golden eagle,western kingbird,horned lark, and house wren. <br /> 2.04.11(4) Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Species <br /> Please see Volume 1, Section 2.04.11 for a discussion on threatened and endangered wildlife species <br /> within the permit area. <br /> 2.04.11 (5) Threatened and Endangered Plant Species <br /> Please see Volume 1, Section 2.04.11 for a discussion on threatened and endangered plant species within <br /> the permit area. <br /> 2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investigation <br /> The presence of potential prime or important farmlands within the disturbed areas associated with the <br /> South Taylor/Lower Wilson mine areas was determined based on a reconnaissance inspection. Results of <br /> the investigation indicate that all of the area potentially disturbed by surface operations or facilities <br /> associated with these areas can be excluded as prime or important farmland, since the land has not <br /> historically been used as cropland. Colowyo requested a prime farmland determination for the permit <br /> revision area from the U.S Department of Agriculture —Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS) <br /> in 2002. The NRCS responded to the request in a letter dated October 9, 2002 which indicated that no <br /> areas of prime farmland are present in the expansion area. A copy of the letter is presented in Exhibit 9, <br /> Item 4 of the existing permit document. Based also on soil survey information, no soil surveys <br /> encountered within the disturbed area associated with the areas of impact of the permit revision area have <br /> been designated as soil map units classified as prime or important farmland. Based upon the information <br /> presented in this section, Colowyo recommends a negative determination for prime farmland within the <br /> permit boundary. <br /> 2.04.13 Annual Reclamation Report <br /> Please see Section 2.04.13 in Volume 1. <br /> 2.05 OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS <br /> 2.05.1 Objectives <br /> The planned operations and reclamation will be similar to those presented in Volume 1, Section 2.05. <br /> Operational changes and information specific to the South Taylor pit are described in the following <br /> sections of this permit revision application. <br /> South Taylor/Lower Wilson—Rule 2,Page 65 Revision Date: 6/22/20 <br /> Revision No.: MR-220 <br />