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~~ <br />' ~ June 16 Adequacy Review <br />2.04.3 " Site Description and Land Use Information <br />1~ . <br />1. Large areas of Map ll9 (land use) are designated as "pastureland". When <br />compared with Map X17 (pre-mining vegetation), many of the areas designated <br />"pastureland" contain natural vegetation of types not usually associated with <br />' "land(s) actively managed for grazing, browsing, or for occasional hay pro- <br />duction" (1.04.71(b)). Would not some of these areas be better designated as <br />' "rangelands"? Please clarify. <br />' Response: The areas of natural vegetation on Map No. 7 which are shown on <br />Map No. 9 as pastureland are so designated due to the management practices <br />identified under Section 1.04.71(b). These natural vegetation areas are within <br />' fenced areas that are composed predominantly of pasture grasses. According to <br />Section 1.04.71, "'Land Use' means specific uses or management-related acti- <br />' vities rather than the vegetation or cover of the land." Since the areas of <br />natural and altered vegetation are fenced into a single management unit and are <br />managed as pasturelands, the only land use appropriate for these lands is that <br />of pastureland. <br />' 2.04:10 Vegetation <br />' 1. The applicant states peak flowering occurs around July 1, but sampling <br />occurred in late summer. What effect, if any, would this date of sampling have <br />' on missing a particular cool season component of the vegetation? <br /> Response: Peak flowering occurs between July 1 and July 15 for the major- <br /> ity of the species. Sampling occurred around August 15. Event hough peak growth <br />' is generally reached at flowering, this does not always mean <br />k <br />i <br />fi <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />b that there is a <br />D <br />l <br />l <br /> gni <br />cant decrease <br />n product <br />on dur <br />ng su <br />sequent wee <br />s. <br />s arry <br />, et. a <br />., <br /> JRM 34:6 p 455-459 found that the cool season grass, rough fes cue, reached peak <br />' production about July 10 and maintained production throughout the summer. There <br /> are two possible components that would be expected to change from early spring <br /> to late summer; they are Sandberg bluegrass and winter annuals such as collomia. <br /> In neither case do these components represent a significant reduction in the <br />~~~ <br />' -`, community evaluation submitted in the permit application. <br />' -1- <br /> <br />_.._,r,P~.- ..__ <br />~......-.~.-..o.~._......_~.. __- ~..._._._a-~.sa..~:r... <br />