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• -Orchards have been re-classified as Cropland -irrigated orchards (Map symbol O) <br />-Croplands have been re-classified as Croplands -irrigated grass/alfalfa hay (Map symbol <br />/CG) ` <br />- Irrigated Hayland has been re-classified as Irrigated Pasture -Hayland (Map symbol IPH) <br />since the management of these areas did not qualify these areas to meet the intensity required <br />for classification as Irrigated Cropland in addition to soils that are not optimum. <br />- Irrigated Pasture (Map symbol IP) has not changed. <br />- Sagebrush (Map symbol SG) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. <br />- Sagebrush 1 (Map symbol SG-1) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. <br />- Sagebrush 2 (Map symbol SG-2) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. <br />- Floodplain (Map symbol FP) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. <br />- Deciduous Trees (Map symbol DT) has not changed. It is a sub category under Rangeland. <br />- Farmsteads (Map symbol F) has not changed. It is a sub category under Residential Use. <br />- Existing Disturbed lands have now been called Residential -Open Space Areas (Map symbol <br />D) <br />• No boundaries of these land use areas have been changed; only the classification categories <br />to comply with Rule 1.04. <br />We believe that one area of former Irrigated Hayland should be classsified as Irrigated <br />Cropland on the Morgan property due to consistent baling of hay and good soils. On the other <br />hand, two areas of irrigated cropland (25.02 acres) that are shown on Map 2.04.3, which were <br />mapped in 1987 as Cropland immediately north and west of Pond 7 have been determined to <br />be irrigated pasture areas instead. This is due to poor soils (See Section 2.04.9) and the fact <br />that most of this land is on the Burbridge property and he did not manage it intensively. As <br />stated in Section 2.04.10 Vegetation Information, "Burbridge does not manage for alfalfa in his <br />hay fields and does not regularly renovate these fields because of shallow soils and rock <br />ledges. Consequently these haylands are dominated by a variety of desirable and increaser <br />grasses, red and white Dutch clover, weedy fort species and occasional alfalfa plants". No <br />changes have been made to the boundaries and classifications of these areas from the 1987 <br />and 1999 studies, however, these changes are reflected in the post-mine land uses for <br />reclamation. <br />• (Revised August 2006) 2.04.10 -14 <br />