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Kent A. Gorham Page Nine February 1, 1993 Map 62 from CYCC's permit and the plat book put out by 4H, the following is the breakdown of the acreage of private vs federal vs state. 3 mile radius Private - 89.6$ Federal - 10,4% 5 mile radius Private - 82.7% Federal - 12.1$ State - 5.2% Examination of this area reveals very limited surface coal reserves. Topography, depth of coal, faults, etc. make the likelihood of any extensive future surface coal mining very small. With regard to the percentages given within the three and five mile radii, they were taken from Table 118 page 780-206 (f) and Map 62 "Vegetation Types Surrounding Permit C-81-071". This map and many of the aerial photographs used to generate it were reviewed by the Division during approval of TR-17. A description of methods used to generate the map can be found in CYCC's Elk Calving Behavior Study 1983 Annual Progress Report. It should be noted that Western Energy Land Use Team vegetation maps obtained from CDOW were used to augment the mapping. Comparison of these maps with CYCC's vegetation maps revealed a close correlation. CYCC conducted this vegetation mapping over a 650 mi' area, which encompassed the majority of elk movements within the elk study. Examination of this data by way of combining the shrub and tree dominated habitats, i.e., Mountain Shrub, Aspen, Conifer and Sagebrush, shows that they account for 74$ of the 650 mi' area, 69$ of the 79 mi.' (5 mile radius) area, and 65$ of the 28 mi' (3 mile radius) area. 7.) CYCC does not believe it is prudent at this point to propose out of kind measures until it is understood if mitigation is required. CYCC requests that Division identify specific areas that may require mitigation. It would be beneficial to CYCC's understanding if the Division would address the specific species and their associated limiting factors, especially as one looks at a broader, regional use of habitat. 8.) Edge comparisons were made by measuring all of the premising and postmining vegetation boundaries on Map 63 "Mines 1, 2 & Eckman Park Premising Vegetation & Postmining Land Use" for 1650 acres of currently reclaimed land located in Sections 17, 18, 20 T4N R86W and Sections 13 & 24 T4N R87W. These measurements show 117,000 ft. of edge premise (71 ft./acre) and 42,000 ft. of edge postmine (25 ft./acre). The existing edge is 35$ of the premise edge, not the less than 1$ claimed by CDOW. It was also observed that 35,000 ft. of the premise edge (22 ft./acre) was due to Improved Lands. If