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4-2 <br />i 4.1.2.2 Present Land Use <br />The present land use of the proposed mine plan and permit area is not unlike historical uses <br />described above. Wildlife habitat encompasses the majority of the area with the remainder of <br />the area utilized as rangeland. Topographic features vary from level to steep slopes and vertical <br />rock outcrops along the side of the drainage. Cattle are grazed on the rangeland and grazeable <br />woodlands that occur within the mine plan and adjacent areas. <br />The land acreage to be affected by all surface operations and facilities within the proposed <br />permit area exhibits use not unlike that realized throughout the region with grazing being the <br />predominant use with unknown degrees of success. A portion of the acreage within the <br />proposed mine plan and permit area could only have been associated with wildlife habitat due to <br />considerations of topographic restrictions, water availability and vegetation, with the remaining <br />portion of the area used as rangeland. <br />The reclamation objectives are to return the disturbed area to the previous uses; wildlife <br />habitat and rangeland. Domestic animals are restricted in their movement through the canyon <br />• area by topography. Reclamation and revegetation of the disturbed areas will take this fact into <br />consideration (See Sections 3.1 and 3.4). Discussions of site utilization by wildlife is provided in <br />Section 4.3.9, with specifics relative to land capability and productivity addressed in Section <br />4.4.4 and shown on Table 4.4-3. <br />• <br />M~ Volume 1 4 -29 - 96 <br />