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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1994082
IBM Index Class Name
General Documents
Doc Date
7/5/1995
Doc Name
PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
Permit Index Doc Type
FINDINGS
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is present during the growing season as a result of the quantity and distribution of <br />precipitation. The majority of soils found within the permit area aze suitable for topsoil <br />salvage in a depth of 0.5 to 3.5 feet. The primary limiting factor to topsoil salvage is <br />occasional slopes in excess of 45%. L.oams and clay loams are the soil types moat commonly <br />found throughout the permit azea. <br />Land Use <br />The most dominant land use, in terms of area, in and adjacent to the mine area is <br />rangeland. Other adjacent land uses include irrigated and dryland cropland, residential <br />areas, coal mining, electric power generation, oil production, and recreation. <br />The postmining land use of the Yoast Mine permit area will be primarily livestock grazing <br />with a secondary use as wildlife habitat. <br />Wildlife <br />Wildlife baseline studies were conducted in 1993 and 1994. Wildlife observed included big <br />game, upland game birds, raptors, breeding birds (song birds), and small mammals. Details <br />of the wildlife study are located in Attachment 11-1 of the permit application. <br />Big Game <br />The entire Yoast permit azea is classi5ed as winter range for elk, and summer habitat for <br />mule deer. Pronghorn were sighted on two occasions during the two year baseline <br />monitoring period, in Sections 5 and 9, neaz the haul road corridor. <br />Upland Game Bvds <br />Sharp-tailed grouse, blue grouse, and sage grouse all occur within the permit boundary. <br />Sharp-tailed grouse leks were observed in Sections 5 and 9. Blue grouse were observed in <br />the permit area throughout spring and summer, with one brood o6~served. Sage grouse <br />range, production, and brood azeas overlap neazly 150 acres in Section 8 of fhe proposed <br />permit azea. There are roughly 80 acres of sage grouse range and production areas in <br />Section 16, and the entire haul road corridor is in sage grouse range. There w<:re no active <br />sage grouse leks observed within the proposed permit azea. <br />Raptors <br />Three species of raptors were found nesting in the wildlife survey area in 1993. They were <br />Cooper's hawk, red-tailed hawk, and great homed owl. Seven other raptor :ipecies were <br />observed during the 1993 breeding season, but no active nests were found. The seven <br />species were turkey vulture, northern hamer, sharp-shinned haw{;, northern goshawk, <br />Swainson's hawk, golden eagle, and American kestrel. Bald eagles and an osprey were <br />sighted east of the proposed permit area. <br />Yoact Mine ]Z July G 1995 <br />
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