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<br /> <br />VEGETATION <br /> <br />The proposed Pit Area I is presently a cultivated field seeded in <br />oats. Along the west side between the proposed Pit Area and the existing <br />pit is an undisturbed area separating the two pits, which is various in <br />width from 50 to 100 feet. It contains cottonwood trees, tamarack, willows <br />and wild rose bushes. This bank of vegetation extends along the north and <br />east side of the existing lake. <br />The proposed Pit Area II present vegetation consists mostly of weeds. <br />C~ <br />J <br />Along the east side of the pit is a row of wild rose bushes along an <br />existing ditch bank which will remain undisturbed. A slew which borders <br />the pit on the west side has cattails and tamarack growing along the bank <br />which will be left undisturbed. Several large groups of cottonwood trees <br />exist on the north and west side of the pit area, and will remain. <br />The existing pit area east of 23 Road was a cultivated field when <br />excavated. Vegetation and weeds are beginning to reestablish themselves <br />along the banks. <br />The existing Pit Area west of 23 Road has been seeded along the south <br />bank with a mixture of Sodar Streambank wheatgrass, Fairway wheatgrass, <br />Jose tall wheatgrass and alkali sacation. The vegetation along the south <br />bank has established itself quite well. The north bank of the existing pit <br />was left undisturbed, and contains cottonwood trees, tamarack, willows and <br />wild rose bushes. <br /> <br />