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serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis). Other important shrubs <br />• include Antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), Squaw-apple <br />(Peraphvllum ramosissimum), and Green ephedra (Ephedra <br />viridis). Scattered pinon pine (Pinus edulis) and Utah <br />juniper (Junioerus utahensis) occur on the more xeric sites, <br />while scattered ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas <br />fir (Pseudotsuaa menziesii) occur on the more mesic sites. <br />Important species in the under story include bluegrass (Poa <br />SDD.), western wheatgrass (Aaropvron smithii), bottlebrush <br />squirreltail (Sitanion hvstrix), yucca (Yucca baccata), and <br />milkvetch (Astraoalus Spp.)• <br />The mesa tops within the existing leases. as well as the <br />proposed lease area have undergone various vegetation <br />treatments including chaining, burning, and herbicide <br />~ application. A grassland meadow dominated by wildrye (Elvmus <br />Spp.) has been established through seeding on a portion of the <br />mesa top. <br />WILDLIFE <br />The proposed lease area is diverse in wildlife habitats. <br />Although the proposed lease area is primarily composed of the <br />mountain shrub type vegetative community, large portions are <br />also covered by pinon-juniper and pasture types as well. The <br />occurrence of this relatively diverse vegetative structure <br />• provides habitats for a rich and abundant faunal component <br />such as big game species. <br />LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION <br />The entire surface estate of the proposed lease area is in <br />private ownership, except for a reservation for ditches and <br />canals constructed under the authority of the United States <br />(see Map 3). The coal estate is the only mineral reserved to <br />the United States on all of the proposed lease area except for <br />the NE'/.SW'/. and NWi45E'/. of Section 6. The NE'kSW'/. and NWY.SE'/. of <br />Section 6 has coal and oil and gas reserved to the United <br />States. <br />The proposed lease area is utilized for livestock grazing. <br />Lawrence Huntington is indicated as the surface owner of Lots <br />1-4, the NE1/aSW'k and the NWY.SE'/.. Ronald Crawford, Norris <br />Crawford, Marc Crawford, John Crawford, Bonnie Patterson and <br />Patricia Moore are indicated as the surface owners of Lot 5. <br />There would be no change of the surface use if the lease were <br />issued. <br /> <br />8 <br />