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Section 2.04.3 Page 10 December 2021 (RN-02)  <br />grazing. Mr. Preston Carver, reports that since he has leased the Glasier and Elk Ridge-Meehan <br />properties, he has never once harvested a second cutting of hay. With respect to Garvey property, <br />both Mr. Joe Garvey and Mr. Stan Garvey report that they normally do not harvest a second <br />cutting of hay and it is unusual for them to do so. However, in August 2009, an area of <br />approximately 3.66 acres in the middle Garvey field was cut for hay. This cutting yielded five <br />bales which translates into approximately 2,049 pounds or 1.02 tons per acre. <br /> <br />Mr. Preston Carver reports that in 2009 for the Glasier and Elk Ridge-Meehan properties, they <br />harvested a total of 48 bales round bales of hay which averaged 1,200 pounds per bale. The <br />extent of the area harvested for hay on the Glasier and Elk Ridge-Meehan property is shown on <br />Map 2.04.3-1, New Horizon North Mine Land Use Map. Given the areas of these two tracts, the <br />harvested hay yields equaled 1,534 and 2,793 pounds or 0.77 and 1.40 tons per acre of partially <br />air dried material per acre on these two sites. Mr. Carver reported that in 2008, they harvested a <br />total of 55 bales off these two parcels, but could not remember how many bales came off the <br />separate parcels. He expressed the opinion that the harvested hay yields on both the Glasier and <br />Elk Ridge-Meehan properties had been within a similar range since he first leased these <br />properties in 1984. <br /> <br />Land Use Classification under Local Law <br /> <br />According to the Montrose County Zoning Resolution and accompanying maps found on the <br />Montrose County website (http://www.montrose.co.us/Documentview.aspx?DID=614 and <br />http://www.montrose.co.us/Documentview.aspx?DID=627) all of the lands within the NHN <br />Mine Permit Area fall within the current definition of General Agricultural District “A.” <br /> <br />According to Colorado taxation law and regulations, the taxation records of lands within <br />Colorado, are to be taxed based upon the methods found in the Assessor’s Reference Library, <br />which requires Montrose County to tax all lands based upon the examination of aerial <br />photographs, and NRCS production guidelines where lands are classified based upon <br />productivity and yield. Examination of the Montrose County Assessor’s Tax records found at <br />their website located at http://eagleweb.montrosecounty.net/eagleassessor/taxweb/account.jsp, <br />reveals that Elk Ridge and Garvey parcels have been delineated into nine different land uses as <br />shown in Table 2.04.3-3 New Horizon North Mine Area, Montrose County Assessor’s Abstract <br />Codes. <br /> <br />Table 2.04.3-3, New Horizon North Mine: Montrose County Assessor’s Abstract Codes <br />Land Parcel Land Taxation Abstract Codes (Acres) <br />5- <br />III <br />5- <br />IV <br />Dry- <br />GR <br />VII-A <br />Dry- <br />GR <br />VII-B <br />Dry- <br />GR <br />VII-D <br />GR/I.P. <br />-VF <br />Waste MDW <br />-Hay <br />VC <br />MDW- <br />Hay <br />VE