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State Req. 2.04.3 SITE DE=SCRIPTION AND LAND USE The kinds of land use Drees which currently exist on the proposed Seneca II permit area are: Previous Mine Disturbance (1,160 acres) December I, 1980 Previous Mine Reclamation (406 acres) December I, 1980 Rangeland Shrub (2,213 acres) Naturally Barren Area (1.17 acres) Acres to be Revegetated = 756 acres, December I, 1980 The area of rangeland shrub includes the Mixed Brush, Aspen (Mixed Brush ;subtype), and Upland Sagebrush Vegetation Types. It has been historically used by sheep and, more recently, by cattle. Big game mammals, a variety of birds, herptiles, small mammals, and invertibrates also inhabit the site. Some of the shrub cover (particularly oakbrush) may be attributed in part to s combination of man's control of fire and heavy grass and forb utilization by domestic livestock. Therefore, • historically land which has been mined in this area has been returned primarily to plant species which are oriented to livestock grazing. Shrub and tree species hove been included at a density to allow diverse utilization by wildlife on the reclaimed areas. As seen in Tab 13, Postmining Land Use, Seneca Coals, Limited will remain consistent with the past permitted practice of maximizing rangeland razin . Agropyron (Whestgrass), Bromus (Brome), Poa (bluegrass), and Stipa (Needlegrass) were the main grass genera which occurs on the Rangeland shrub land use type. Forb and shrub species which have been found include Achilles (Yarrow), Artemisia (Sagebrush), E3alsamorhiza (Balsamroot), Delphinium (Larkspur), Melilotus (Sweet clover), Penstemon (Penstem), Senecio (Broundsel), Taraxacum officinale (Common dandelion), Wyethia armplexicsulis (Mulesear wyethia), Chrysothamnus (Rabbitbrush), Prunus (Chokecherry), Purshia (Bitterbrush), Quercus ag mbeli (Gambel oak), Rosa (Rose), • Symphoricarpos (Snowberry), Po ulus tremulodes (Quaking aspen), and Pseudotsuga menziesu (Common Douglas fir). 4-2