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• XHIBIT K CLIMATE INFORMA• N <br />Mayor Manageme~ Factors <br />Soil-related factors: Wetness, hazard of flooding, high potential frost action, high content of <br />rock fragments in some areas <br />Climatic factors: <br />Mean annual precipitation=11 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air umperature=35 to 38 degrees F <br />Frost-flee period=40 to 80 days <br />Elevation=8,900 to 9,700 feet <br />Management Considerations <br />Rangeland <br />Dominant vegetation: <br />In potential plant community tufted hairgrass, slender wheatg ,sedge <br />In present plant community tic rush, sedge, tufted hairgrass~ <br />Response to a deurioration in the ge condition: An incn:ase or invasion of Baltic rush, <br />sedge, and shrubby cinquefoil <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation in years of average rainfall: 3,000 pounds per acre <br />Suitability for seeding with a drill: Good when upper soil not wet <br />Irrigated Leyland and pasturNand <br />Suitability: Good <br />Management concerns: <br />Grasses respond to applications of nitrogen and phosphorus. <br />Many areas are no longer irrigated, and irrigation wear is no longer available in these areas. <br />The seasonal high ground wear table often provides much of the necessary moisture. <br />Building site development <br />Suitability: Poor <br />Management concerns: <br />Important limiting factors are wetness, hazard of flooding, and high pountial for frost action. <br />Interpretative Groups <br />Land capability classification, nonirrigated: VIw <br />Land capability classification, irrigated: VIw <br />Range siu: Mountain Meadow 241 <br />