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ESTIMATED ACREAGE TO BE AFFECTED IN THE NEXT YEAR: <br /> The total amount of additional acreage to be affected is estimated at 0.6 acres. <br /> Therefore, the total affected land at the end of the next permit year should be about 60 acres. <br /> MAP: The annual report map submitted with this report shows the locations of various <br /> classes of land and features. <br /> The affected land is shown with the bold line. That land includes roads, processing, <br /> stockpiling, mining, and all revegetation land. It does not include most of the land that may be <br /> mined in 1996 or any land that would be mined after 1996. <br /> At present no plant is on the site. The asphalt plant was removed late in the permit <br /> year. Consideration is being given to replacing the asphalt plant with a concrete batch plant. <br /> Before that can be done it may be necessary to amend the county approval and perhaps alter <br /> the Reclamation Permit. Once a decision is made as to whether this will be done, examination <br /> of approval pathways will be made and appropriate approvals obtained. <br /> The revegetation areas, except for the berm on the north side, are all occupied <br /> primarily by grass species. The north berm has not only grass by also trees (primarily Pinyon <br /> Pine and a few Engleman Spruce). Most of the originally planted Ponderosa Pines died. It is <br /> interesting that the Ponderosa died, even though it is a species common on lands not far from <br /> this location. But the Engleman Spruce, a species common in high altitude Sub-Alpine Forest, <br /> is doing well and even producing seed. The Pinyon Pine, as expected, is doing well. <br /> Within the revegetation areas are two small areas dominated by willow. The willow <br /> appears to be Sandbar Willow (Salir exigua). Mixed with the willow are a few cattails and a <br /> considerable amount of moss on the ground. The small wet areas are present because of <br /> moisture seeps from the shallow groundwater and low spots where runoff accumulates. They <br /> are highly restricted in extent and do not appear to be enlarging in area. <br /> On the western end and primarily on the steep south facing slope of the north berm <br /> Diffuse Knapweed has entered the site. This probably entered the site on trucks, as this is a <br /> common means of long distance dispersal for this species and other species of knapweed. The <br /> knapweed is primarily in areas where the revegetation species are sparse due to the harsh <br /> conditions of the south facing slope. However, the knapweed is spreading somewhat into <br /> established vegetation. Control measures will be implemented. <br /> Changes in adjacent land uses are occurring. Immediately north of the site a housing <br /> development is in the initial stages of construction. It is not known what impact this <br /> development will have on the future of the operation. This is occurring on land that is not <br /> under the control of Schmidt Construction Company. <br /> Vollmer Pit IM-83-038) Additional Sheets 5/12/96 Annual Report Page 2 of 2 <br />