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EXHIBIT J- Vegetation Information <br /> Site Description <br /> A Savage and Savage botanist and plant ecologist conducted an on-site vegetation <br /> assessment for the proposed Red Tierra Equities project site on October 26, 2021. The <br /> project site is comprised of an approximately 650 acre site within Section 20 of Township <br /> 4 North, Range 66 West of the 6t' PM, Weld County, Colorado. The center of the project <br /> site is located at 40.297143'latitude and -104.801470'longitude. The property is located <br /> west of Gilcrest, Colorado between Colorado Highway 60 on the west,Weld County Road <br /> 44 on the north,Weld County Road 29 on the east, and Weld County Road 42 on the south <br /> (Figure 1.). The project site is accessed from any of the above roads. <br /> Weather during the site investigation was warm, dry, and clear with a temperature in the <br /> mid-60's (OF). The topography of the site is dominated by the primary alluvial terrace of <br /> the South Platte River. The elevation of the center of the project area is 4760 feet and <br /> slopes gently to the west toward the river. The soils that dominate the site are formed from <br /> alluvium,with the predominant soils being sandy loams (Julesburg and Bresser map units) <br /> and loam(Nunn map unit)and are underlain by aggregate with varying groundwater levels. <br /> The significant hydrologic feature near the site is the South Platte River. <br /> The project site has been developed for irrigated agriculture, oil and gas production, and a <br /> solar energy array,with very little native vegetation remaining. The project site has no tree <br /> canopy or shrub understory, with the only trees and shrubs located within the yards of <br /> homesteads at the edge of the agricultural fields. Agriculture within the project site is <br /> irrigated by pivot and flood irrigation methods. <br /> Only one vegetation community or type is found within the proposed Red Tierra Equity <br /> project site: irrigated agriculture, either flood or pivot-irrigated. <br /> Vegetation Community <br /> Irrigated Agriculture <br /> Agricultural fields within the project area were in various states of production during the <br /> on-site evaluation. The majority of the fields had been harvested for the season,and disked <br /> or tilled and left fallow, or replanted. The exception was the northwest quarter section <br /> which has been planted to specialty lettuce crops and was in the process of being harvested <br /> by variety (Figure 2.). <br /> Several fields within the project site have been planted to winter wheat, and germination <br /> of the crop was noted(Figure 3.) . <br /> Additional fields were noted to have been planted to corn during the 2021 season which <br /> has been harvested and the fields disked and tilled prior to anticipated planting. <br /> Several irrigation tailwater ponds are located within the project area. These ponds did not <br /> contain any native vegetation communities. One irrigation canal and a number of <br /> secondary irrigation ditches traverse the project site. None contain areas of native <br /> vegetation. <br /> Exhibit J Page 1 <br />