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Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />Exhibit J -Vegetation Information <br />The proposed permit area consists primarily of degraded upland pasture and irrigated, <br />cropped fields, with some riparian habitat at the eastern fringe, along Fountain Creek <br />and outside the affected area (see Exhibit C-1 ). <br />Cropped areas are typically used to produce alfalfa and hay for a livestock operation on <br />the site. Two small wetlands exist within the general vicinity of the affected area. Both <br />wetlands will be avoided and buffered during mining and reclamation. <br />Vegetation found on the riparian corridor includes Plains cottonwood, Peachleaf willow, <br />American elm, Russian olive, Box-elder, Green ash, Coyote willow, Salt-cedar <br />(Tamarisk), Snowberry, Smooth brome, White panicle aster, and Prairie cordgrass. The <br />proposed operation is set back from the riparian corridor to preserve vegetative and <br />habitat values. <br />Please see the attached report from ERO, Inc, (Attachment E), for further detail <br />regarding wetlands. <br />p'17'°Sr'~~PQ ~~ <br />OCT 0 2 2006 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Saizty <br />Sundance Sand and Gravel Resource utiuio <br />Lafarge West, Inc. September 2006 <br />