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r objectives r identification of mitigation tvoes > locations methods r timing r assessment of success relative to the vegetation objectives. The work plan will be developed in consultation with the BLM and the CROW, subject to consensus among the parties. • Off-site habitat improvements related to the mining panel will be implemented in the amount indicated by the 2.5X multiplier and according to the schedule and other specifications in the work plan. The cost of these improvements shall not exceed an average of $100 per acre (indexed according to the Consumer Price Index) over the life of the project. Because initial impacts may be greatest, up-front mitigation for loss of mule deer habitat will be provided. For the initial mining period, 200 acres of off-site habitat improvement is estimated, based on the proposed development of approximately 80 acres within the 0-5 year mining panel at the 2.5X multiplier. A work plan shall be developed within the first few years of mining and implemented within the life of the first panel according to the timing specified in the work plan. Upon abandonment of the first mining panel, the acreage of off-site mitigation for this mining panel will be adjusted to account for actual disturbance within the panel. Fencine [t is likely that fencing will be used on asite-specific basis to control livestock and wild horse grazing and thereby protect reclaimed/revegetated areas and off-site habitat improvement areas. Future Modification of Mule Deer Mitigation Plan There may be reasons to modify this Mule Deer Mitigation Plan in the future based on the success of the activities implemented, changes in mule deer resource management priorities and objectives, improved habitat mitigation methods or technology, or other reasons. For example, if final (post-mining} reclamation of disturbance in the mining panels should prove to be unsuccessful, additional off- site habitat improvement may be required and would be agreed upon through consultation among the parties. It should be understood that American Soda, the BLM, and the CDOW view wildlife mitigation as a dynamic process and assume that future modifications to the Mule Deer Mitigation Plan are likely throughout the life of the project. Any such modifications would be developed through consultation among the parties, Wildlife Mitigation Plan 1-5 Yankee Gulch Sodium Minerals Project Amencan Soda, L.L.P.