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Revised May, 1984 <br />• supports plant communities containing shrubs will not be cut for hay <br />but can be used or managed as pastureland. <br />Grazing management practices in the proposed permit area <br />accommodated the cutting of hay in those pastures where meadow and <br />seeded areas eaisted. It is not uncommon to graze the meadows and <br />bay fields for 30 to 40 days early in the spring until about mid May <br />and then move the livestock into other pastures while waiting for <br />harvest. The south and the two north pastures were grazed from <br />early June through late July or early August. The eat pasture vas <br />often grazed in conjunction with the South pasture. Pastures where <br />bay vas cut were grazed again in late summer and fall. Grazing was <br />regulated by the stubble height of the key species. When the <br />• stubble height vas about three inches, the livestock would be moved. <br />Livestock would be removed from areas previously cut for hay to <br />allow some regrowth before winter. Pastures were rested at least <br />once every three years. Best vas designed [o allow the key species <br />to complete their reproduction stages before grazing was resumed. <br />Rotational patterns otherwise were a matter of convenience rather <br />than a set plan. The land owners tended to retain a maximum of <br />flexibility. <br />Pasture units within the proposed permit area were of moderate <br />size ranging from 330 acres to 807 acres. AUM's varied in these <br />pastures from 230 to 610. Five pastures have been afected by <br />• mining. They have a combined total of 2,956 acres. Based on 1980 <br />vegetation data collected from the site and from plant communities <br />2.04-4b ~ <br />