Laserfiche WebLink
managers will have detailed vegetation data documenting habitat and the amount and type of <br />food and cover habitat available. Water resources will be documented. <br />The postmining land uses, achieved through the reclamation and revegetation plans, will <br />thus provide a high level of utility and an economic return to the State of Colorado. It <br />will also improve livestock and wildlife forage resources, aid in mitigating impacts to <br />wildlife; ensure the establishment of vegetation that is diverse and self-sustaining; and <br />will provide the components to reestablish native plant communities over time through <br />processes of natural succession. <br />postmining Land Use Management. Management of reclaimed lends will be similar to the <br />management of the area prior to mining. Proper management of reclaimed Lends will be <br />stressed during the liability period. Peabody has two professional range scientists on <br />staff to direct grazing management on reclaimed lands et Seneca. Livestock grazing will <br />begin in late May or early June with areas being grazed into late September or early <br />October, where grazing occurs on reclaimed and adjacent lands under Peabody's control <br />during the liability period; area to be grazed, proper stocking rates, and grazing periods <br />• will be specified to the grazing lessee. This information will be based on vegetation <br />production data from monitoring studies, size of pasture units, and management needs such <br />as rest or grazing deferments. Any interim fencing will be established towards the need <br />for special management or consideration of the ongoing mining operation. However, upon <br />completion of operations and reclamation activities, permanent fencing will be emplaced as <br />soon as possible. The final fencing patterns will approximate premining patterns or <br />current property owner boundaries at the time in order to restore the premining pasture <br />units. At this time, two permanent pastures have been established on reclaimed lands: the <br />Wadge Pasture and PECOCO Pasture. Appendix 13-4 and the 1988 to 7991 Revegetation <br />Monitoring Reports discuss the Wadge Pasture. The PECOCO Pasture was established in 1992 <br />and will follow similar management as the Wadge Pasture. Both pastures are illustrated on <br />Exhibit 13-1, "postmining Vegetation Map". Results of annual grazing and management will <br />be presented in the annual reclamation reports. <br /> Management of wildlife by Peabody will be nonintensive and with free use of the areas by <br /> big game and other species. Observations of wildlife use on reclaimed lands will be made; <br /> however, intensive management of wildlife will be The responsibility of the Colorado <br /> Division <br />d <br />ill of Wildlife. Peabody will cooperate with the <br />i <br />i <br />i Division when and w here possible <br /> an <br />w cont <br />nue <br />ts pol <br />cy of restricted or prohibited hunting (based on mine safety <br />13-9 Revised 07/15/93 <br />