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<br /> <br />The Board requested that all parties attempt to resolve the issue <br />and avoid litigation. Resolution was finally achieved after DOW <br />agreed to accept a perpetual easement on CYCC lands protecting <br />approximately 430 acres of prime wildlife habitat from any <br />development. These lands are located in close proximity to the <br />mined area and are similar to the habitat destroyed by mining. <br />Although the issue was finally resolved, the debate over the <br />necessity to establish shrubs on reclaimed areas is far from over. <br />Shrubs are still considered to be a necessary component of a <br />reclamation plan when the post-mining land use is wildlife habitat. <br />Any proposal to eliminate shrubs from reclaimed areas should be <br />viewed as a loss of wildlife habitat. Development of the States <br />natural resources and the accompanying loss of wildlife habitat is <br />the single biggest threat to our wildlife resource. <br />