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MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR RECLAIMED AREAS <br />Colorado Yampa Coal Company may graze some of the reclaimed parcels <br />prior to bond release to promote the utilization of the areas as <br />rangeland and pastureland. The reclaimed areas will be allowed to <br />develop at least one full year prior to livestock grazing activity. In <br />order to ensure the appropriate level of forage utilization, the <br />management plan will include flexible stocking rates and current <br />livestock management practices. Before grazing is initiated on the <br />reclamation, the Division will be notified. <br />As of 1987, Colorado Yampa Coal Company will begin grazing about 2350 <br />acres annually at Mine 2. The area includes reclamation, cropland, <br />pastureland, and native vegetation. Based upon the available forage <br />calculations presented in Minor Revision 87-20, CYCC will be able to <br />graze about 4,000 steers in the area. It is anticipated the area will <br />be utilized twice each year, once in the early summer for 3 to 4 weeks <br />and again in the late summer or early fall for 3 to 4 weeks. <br />• <br />MR 89-42 Permit Renewal 780-i36-1 Revised 08/18/89 <br />