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Range Management Plan <br />A. Grazing will begin no sooner than one year following seeding, and only when it is <br />demonstrated to the Division that the vegetation cover on the reclaimed surface is <br />well established. <br />B. For a period of one year after the vegetation has been established, five (5) head of <br />cattle will be allowed to graze on the 22.8 acres reclaimed surface land. <br />C. In the second year after vegetation has been established, ten (10) head of cattle will <br />be allowed to graze on the surface reclaimed land. <br />D. After the second year of vegetation establishment, grazing may be increased only if <br />it is demonstrated that there have been no signs of over grazing up to that time, <br />and that the increase in grazing will provide no additional dangers to the vegetation <br />cover. <br />E. Grazing will not be allowed to interfere with any postmining vegetation sampling. <br />In the range management plan, vegetation being established is taken to mean the point that <br />the vegetation on the site is within ten (10) percent of the standards prescribed in the <br />• revegetation plan for cover and production. <br />Although subsidence will occur over the undermined area, it will be uniform over the vast <br />majority of the permit area and should not cause any problems with the postmining use of <br />the land as rangeland. <br />The subsidence troughs should not damage vegetation or cause steep escarpments on the <br />surface. The nature of the subsidence is described more detail in Section 2.05.6 (3), <br />Protection of the Hydrologic Balance. <br /> <br />S34 Revised (TR-17) January 1995 <br />~~ ~~~~9f <br />