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Highbury Resources, Inc. DOE Uranium Leases 3 <br /> Environmental Review <br /> • the elevation is 5,000 feet. This intersection is approximately 15 miles northwest of the town of <br /> Naturita, Colo. <br /> The gravel road ascends the steep hillside rising above the river with two switchbacks to an <br /> elevation of 5,380 feet over a linear distance of 0.1 mile. The road to the various mine features <br /> continues to wind up the hillside to a summit elevation of 5,580 feet at SM-18 North. <br /> 2.3 SR 11 Lease Site <br /> This area consists of a single feature well south of the other leases in the survey. The site is 18.5 <br /> linear miles southwest of the southern-most feature of the JD Leases, but requires an approximate <br /> 40-mile route to drive to the site. It is 2.5 miles east of the Colorado-Utah state line. The site is at <br /> an elevation of 7,000 feet and, due to weather conditions, was not accessible by Real West at the <br /> time of the surveys. <br /> • 3.0 HABITATS <br /> Within the three project sites, the habitats are similar and consist primarily of pinyon juniper and <br /> sagebrush shrubland in addition to the disturbed habitats on the facility sites. While the timing of <br /> the survey precludes recording vegetation species within each habitat type, a general description <br /> is possible. <br /> 3.1 Pinyon-Juniper Habitat <br /> This habitat type, shown in Figure 5, is common on the perimeter of nearly all of the disturbance <br /> areas. The dominant species is Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) and, less abundant, pinyon <br /> trees (Pinus edula). The juniper generally ranges from 3 to 7 feet in height, while the pinyon trees <br /> range from 3 to 10 feet tall. The understory is sparse in most areas,and plant identification is based <br /> on what could be identified from last year's vegetation. Identifiable grass species include Indian <br /> ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides), galleta (Hilaria jamesii), and Sandberg bluegrass (Poa <br /> secunda). Shrub species, also sparse, include big sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula) and green <br /> 1111 rabbitbrush(Chrysothamnus viscid4lorus). Forbs were especially difficult to identify, but include <br /> wild buckwheat (Eriogonum spp.), fleabane (Erigeron spp.), groundsel (Pacera spp.), <br /> March 2024 Real West Natural Resource Consulting <br />