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<br />EXHIBIT J -VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />The information in this section is provided by Wright Water Engineers. <br />Vegetation <br />The parcel is a relatively flat abandoned agricultural field that was irrigated in the past. Most of the <br />site is dominated by upland weeds, including kochia (Kochia scoporia), Russian thistle (Salsola <br />a[istrafis), curly gum weed (Grindelia syuarrosa), common dandelion (Toraxic[un ojficinale), thistle <br />(Circii~m spp), cheat grass (Bromt~s tec[on~m), and wheatgrass (Pascopyrum spp). Several old <br />cottonwood trees (Pop:iG~s deltoides) are located in the northeastern and southwestern corners of the <br />site. As described in the following section, there are three small wetlands on the site associated with <br />the Swale that traverses the property. <br />Wetlands <br />Wright Water Engineers, Inc. delineated the wetlands on the parcel following U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers' criteria. There are three, small wetlands on the parcel associated with the small Swale <br />that traverses the site (Existing Conditions Map). Dominant vegetation in the wetlands includes <br />smartweed (Persicaria coccinea), beaked sedge (Cares rostra[o), Curley dock (Rumex crispus), and <br />foxtail barley (Hordeum jubal:~m). Water is supplied to the wetlands from seasonally high <br />groundwater and occasional flow in the Swale. The Swale is part of an old side channel that was <br />reportedly cut by floods in the 1960's. The Swale on the subject pazcel has been straightened and <br />lacks characteristics of channel bed. <br />Water Rights <br />There are reportedly no water rights associated with the Swale that traverses the site. No water rights <br />were conveyed with the sale of the 40-acre parcel. According to long-term residents, the 40-acre <br />pazcel was irrigated years ago but has not been irrigated recently. The residents did not know what, <br />if any, water rights were used for past irrigation. <br />AMENDMENT TO BASELINE PERMIT # M-1997-058 Page -23- <br />