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• • Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />EXHIBIT J -VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />Overview <br />Current agricultural activities on tfie proposed permit area consist of corn, onions, and <br />other crops. <br />Adjacent Land Uses and Vegetation <br />Areas immediately adjacent to and within approximately 200 feet of the proposed site <br />consist of agricultural, oil and gas production, grazing, transportation (State Highway 66 <br />and Weld County Roads 17, 28, and 19), gravel mining, and residential uses, with their <br />typical associations of vegetation. <br />Potential Wetlands or Protected Species <br />A search of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program's BCD (Biological and Conservation <br />Datasystems) files indicated that there were no occurrences of rare, threatened, or <br />endangered species of plants located within the project area. A copy of the search <br />records can be found in Appendix 3. Afield visit and asssesment report performed by <br />Savage and Savage, Inc. (a copy of which is contained within Appendix 2) found there to <br />be four possible instances of jurisdictional wetlands on the site (all in the form of <br />irrigation ditches). The Army Corps of Engineers has already taken jurisdiction of one of <br />the ditches. The Applicant will avoid all other jurisdictional wetlands that are confirmed <br />to be located on the site. <br />Nix Property Sand and Gravel Mine.CDMG.112 Permit 20075.WD <br />Owens Brothers Concrete Company May 2001 <br />23 <br />