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Section 785.19(d) Continued. potential of being affected, the non-irrigated pasture owned by Mr. Lloyd Hampton located west of the Kerr Tipple Area and the Noffsinger, Dodge, and Streit Ranches located in the Canadian River floodplain east of the Kerr Mine Area. •' To document the type and quantity of agricultural activities per- formed in these four areas, Kerr Coal made an exhaustive search of the Ranch Management Plans located in the North Park Soil Conserva- tion District Office located in Walden and in the Allotment Manage- ment Plans required by the BLM for livestock grazing management planning. Although both of these agencies are required to have this type of information in their files, no suitable information could be located to document the type and quantity of agricultural activities performed in these areas. Consultation with the Jackson County Administrator-Planner revealed that lands currently utilized as irrigated hay lands, irrigated pasture, and non-irrigated pas- ture could be found on the present Jackson County Land Use Map. Areas pertaining to the potential alluvial valley floor areas have been included on the North Park Land Use Map 27. Consultation with the owners of the four ranches yielded inconclu- sive data. Mr. Lloyd Hampton informed Kerr Coal that the area adjacent to the Kerr Tipple Area contains between 80 and 100 acres and is currently used as dryland pasture for horses and cows. He stated that the land had been hayed occasionally in the early 1970's and was irrigated but has not been irrigated or hayed for seven or eight years. I . The three owners of ranches located in the Canadian River fload- plain, Mr. Robert Noffsinger, Mr. C. J. Streit, and Mr. Harold Dodge, Jr. were contacted by Kerr Coal to determine the amount of hay and grazing contributed by those portions of their ranches lying within the alluvial valley floor. All three informed Kerr 785-37