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When range condition deteriorates, forbs and shrubs increase. When range is in poor <br />condition, undesirable weeds and annual plants aze numerous. Properly managing <br />grazing improves and maintains range condition. Reducing brush improves range. <br />Seeding improves range on poor condition. Crested wheatgrass, western wheatgrass, and <br />Russian wild rye aze suitable for seeding. Preparing a seedbed and drilling the seed are <br />good practices. <br />Community development and recreation are limited be low strength, shrink-well <br />potential, and slope. Dwellings and roads can be designed to overcome these limitations. <br />Community sewage systems will be needed if the population density increases. <br />The soil is in capability subclass IVe, irrigated and non imgated. <br />Vegetation <br />The site vegetation consists of native dry land grasses and weeds and an area of no <br />vegetation due to the already mined area. <br />Along the perimeter of the site aze drainage ways that have wetland species. No <br />disturbance is proposed in those areas. <br />Structures <br />There are two structures within 200 feet of the site. Both aze owned by the City of Rifle. <br />One structure is east of the operation and is the back wash ponds for the City of Rifle <br />water treatment process. The other structure is the Operations and Maintenance Building <br />located just south of US 6 across the street for the site. This building is located at a <br />ground elevation significantly below the mining operation and is not .impacted by this <br />mining process. <br />Water Resources in the Area <br />If water is encountered in the mining operation, it would be dischazged to the borrow <br />ditches adjacent to the site after being treat to remove sediments. This discharge goes <br />directly under US 6 via a culvert and ditch into the Colorado River, <br />