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irrigation criteria of an AVF and are discussed in Section B, Item XVII of this documenrt. <br />The Wilson Reservoir, from which water is drawn for mining activities, is an important fishery of <br />the azea. The Wilson Reservoir was built in 1941, and is under the regulatory jurisdiction of the <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources. Except for a pumping station, the Wilson Reservoir is <br />not within the Permit area, and is not a part of the Permit. The pumping station at the reservoir, <br />and the pipeline from the pumping station to the main areas of the Mine, are included in the <br />Pemrit. <br />3.2.10 Vegetation <br />Baseline vegetation information.is found in Section 204.10,-Map 4 and Exhibit 10 of the PAP. <br />Six vegetation communities and a small amount of cropland exist within the Mine permit <br />boundary. The major communities are sagebrush and mountain shrub. Communities of minor <br />significance include a.juniper community in the.vicinity of Streeter Mountain, scattered aspen <br />groves in the upper reaches of Streeter and Taylor Creeks, a Iimited ripazian community along <br />Goodspring and Taylor Creeks, and a small western wheatgrass community in the southern <br />portion of the permit area. <br />The sagebrush community occurs throughout the pemut area on alI elevations, slopes and soils: <br />The community.has.developed wherever soil moisture retention-and soIl depth have become <br />Iimiting to othervegetation communities: Big sagebrush (Artemisia tddentata) and snowbeny <br />(Symphoricarpos oreophilus) dominate the overstory. Dominant grasses aze western wheatgrass <br />(Agropvron smithii ,mountain brome romus maz ig'natus) and green needlegrass Sti a <br />viridula _ Major. €orbs include lupine., Lu ' us eaudatus , wild onion Alf lium ~-1, yarrow . . <br />Achillea lanulosa and arrnwleafbaIsam root (Balsamorchiaa.sa ittata <br />The mountain shrub community is typically found on azeas of higher soil moisture and deeper <br />soils throughout the permit azea. Serviceberry (Amelanchier ahufolia and Gambel's oak <br />uercus ambelii are the dominant overstory species iit Eke community, witFx fairly dense <br />stands of chokecherry rimus vir ' 'ana occumng on north slopes and-along drainages. The <br />most abundant grasses aze Kentucky bluegrass Poa ratensis , western wheatgrass and needle <br />and thread Sti a comata . Forbs include lupine, yarrow, bedstraw G( alium s~,_p.) and American <br />vetch, icia americanal_ <br />32.I I Land Use <br />Land use information is found in Sections 2.04.3, 2.05.5, and 4.16 and Map 17 of the PAP. <br />Specific fmdings aze described in Section B, Item XII of this document. The land use of <br />reclaimed lands is rangeland (4.16, PAP). Wildlife habitat is incidental to reclaimed rangeland, <br />as described below under Wildlife. Prior land uses within the Permit azea were primarily <br />rangeland, wildlife habitat, with some agriculture (nut disturbed by the mining activity). Land <br />uses in adjacent area aze primarily rangeland and wildlife habitat. There is some dryland farming <br />on level uplands, and small azeas of imgated pasture and hayland along stream courses in the <br />October 21, 2002 16 <br />