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• •nks and Gesso, LLC <br />EXHIBIT J -VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />Overview <br />Current and historic agricultural activities on the proposed mining area consist <br />entirely of irrigated crops. There is no natural riparian vegetation existing on the <br />site. The 85-acre site has been planted primarily in leafy vegetables and corn. <br />The farmland of the property has been cultivated for nearly 50 years. This entire <br />proposed permit area is within the 100-year floodplain of the South Platte River. <br />Areas adjacent to, and within approximately 200 ft., of the proposed site consist <br />of oil and gas production, agriculture, grazing, and residential. <br />Based on the results from a BCD (Biological and Conservation Datasystems) file <br />search, there are no documented rare, threatened or endangered occurrences of <br />plants that have been located within the project area. Please refer to the letter <br />from the Colorado Natural Heritage Program provided in Exhibit H to corroborate <br />this statement. <br />Within the property, submergent and emergent types of jurisdictional wetlands <br />were observed only along the Lupton Bottom Ditch. No other areas of potential <br />jurisdictional wetlands occur in the proposed permit area. No areas of riparian <br />woodland, wet meadow, bogs, potholes, sloughs, or marshes are present on the <br />site. <br />Ft. Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine.CDMG.712 Permit 3q 99024.WD <br />L.G. Everist, Inc. December, 7999 <br />