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Bowie No. 1 West Mine <br /> a. Total vegetation ground cover will be equal to or exceed 54 percent. <br /> b. Total above-ground herbaceous production will be equal to or exceed 405 pounds <br /> per acre. <br /> C. Woody plant density is same as East Mine. <br /> d. Species diversity is same as East Mine. <br /> Loadout Facility <br /> Originally, this facility was to be reclaimed back to orchard lands, specifically to apples, <br /> peaches, and some cherries. However, the currently approved plan is to reclaim the <br /> disturbed area to cropland. As such, the area will be evaluated for herbaceous production <br /> only when determining revegetation success, as detailed in Volume 7 of the PAP. <br /> Revegetation efforts at the loadout will be considered successful when production sampling <br /> data from the loadout area indicates that production is not less than 90 percent of the Barnes <br /> Property reference area sampling with 90 percent statistical confidence. <br /> The operation is found to be in compliance with the requirement of this section. <br /> XIL Post-mining Land Use - Rule 4.16 <br /> The discussion of land use may be found in Volume 1 of the PAP under Section 2.04.3 and <br /> Section 2.05.5. A land use appendix is located in Volume 9, including Map No. 9-1, Land <br /> Use Information Map. <br /> The Division hereby approves the post-mining land uses of the operation. It was <br /> determined that grazing for both livestock and wildlife for the Bowie No. 1 West Mine and <br /> the bench areas at the Bowie No. 1 Mine meet the requirements of the rules (Rules 4.16 <br /> and 2.07.6(2)(1)). Also, cropland use for the storage silos,truck dump, train loadout areas, <br /> and the railroad spur meet the requirements of these rules. <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values - Rule 4.18 <br /> The fish and wildlife resources sections of the application can be found in Section 2.04 of <br /> Volume 1, and in the Wildlife Appendix, Volume 9A of the PAP. The Fish and Wildlife <br /> Mitigation Plan can be found in Section 2.05 of Volume 1 of the PAP. <br /> The general area contains important winter range for both elk and deer, and over 10,000 <br /> hunter days per year are spent in this area. Golden eagles have been observed near the <br /> mine site,but no threatened or endangered wildlife species have been observed. The North <br /> Fork of the Gunnison River contains 12 species of fish, including three species of game <br /> 35 <br />