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NORTH STAR PIT 112 RECLAMATION PERMIT APPLICATION <br /> EXHIBIT J m VEGETATION INFORMATION <br /> (a) Description of present vegetation types including estimates of cover and <br /> height of principal species in each life-farm represented; <br /> This site has been mined under an approved 110 permit since May 2012. It is <br /> being converted to a 112 Reclamation permit due to a slight increase in acreage <br /> As a result, the entire site is disturbed and there is scant vegetation <br /> (li) Relationship of present vegetation to soil types; <br /> This site has been mined under an approved 110 permit since 2012. It is being <br /> converted to a 112 Reclamation permit due to a slight increase in acreage. As a <br /> result, the entire site is disturbed and there is scant vegetation. <br /> (c) Estimates of annual production and carrying capacity if the choice for <br /> reclamation is for range or agriculture <br /> According to the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS), 'most areas <br /> with Peet gravelly sandy loam soils are used as rangeland...a few areas are used <br /> as a source of gravel." The NRCS estimates that the average annual production <br /> of air-dry vegetation ranges from 500 to 1,200 pounds and that livestock grazing <br /> should be managed to maintain the desired balance of preferred species in the <br /> plant community. <br /> EXHIBIT K- CLIMATE INFORMATION <br /> (1) Provide a description of the significant climatological factors for the locality, <br /> This property is in a semi-arid continental climate strongly influenced by the Rocky <br /> Mountains. The area is usually warm in the summer with frequent hot days. In winter, <br /> periods of very cold weather are caused by arctic air moving in from the north or <br /> northwest. Milder periods occur when westerly winds are warmed as they move down <br /> slope off of the mountains to the west. <br /> Weather monitoring data is not available from the site. The nearest weather monitoring <br /> station is the Greeley UNC, Colorado, Station 053553 in the National Weather Service <br /> (NWS)cooperative network. Figure 3 on the following page lists the average minimum <br /> and maximum temperature, average total precipitation, average total snowfall and average <br /> snow depth on a monthly and annual basis. Most of the precipitation occurs as rainfall <br /> during the warmer part of the year with the heaviest rainfalls in the late spring and early <br /> summer. Winter snowfall is frequent but the snowcover usually melts quickly during the <br /> milder periods. <br />