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• This tract was originally classified by Peabody Coal as Irrigated Pasture. <br />• Portions of these tracts were "Wild Flood Irrigated• in the past. There were no <br />furrows, gated pipe, side roll sprinkler system or other methods to control <br />water distribution. Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at <br />will. <br />• WFC does not own sufficient water to fully irrigate this land since it has only <br />12 shares for a total of 57.6 acres. <br />• WFC is not in the farming business and has no interest in returning the land <br />back to an Irrigated Pasture Post Mine land use. <br />• WFC is reclassifying this land as Dryland Pasture. <br />Morgan Tract #1: The Morgan property south of BB Road and west of 2700 Road of <br />22.89 acres that has been previously designated as Cropland -Irrigated Grass Hay <br />with Affaffa. It is now designated as drytand pasture so the Cropland can be moved to <br />the west side of the property. This is simply a proposal at this time since WFC has <br />not yet replaced the topsoil in this area and has more control over what <br />This parcel was previously harvested as an affalfa field and will be returned to <br />same. It is located immediately SE of 27 8~ BB Rd intersection. <br />It has been observed that the Morgan's management style for this field before <br />mining commenced was to flood irrigate the field by corrugated pipe and <br />furrow strips that ran the length of the field. Typically, the watering would take <br />place at the beginning of each harvest cycle. Massive amounts (up to 70 <br />shares or 2 CFS for this 22.89 acre field) of water were used and needed, to <br />traverse portions of the field at a time. This is called °Pulse Flow Irrigation• <br />and is needed to push the water in the furrows to the furthest point in the <br />field. An aerial photo indicates some of the furrows were in excess of 1,280 <br />feet. It was not uncommon for the water to be turned on for several days or <br />more to totally cover the acreage. Porosity of the soil also plays a big part in <br />how long a watering set will take and how long a field may be. <br />Morgan has only leased 50 shares of water to WFC to completely irrigate the <br />post mine lands in the permit area. The lease is included in Attachment <br />2.05.4(2)(e)~. Approximately 22.9 shares are dedicated to the 22.89 acres <br />of Cropland {alfalfa), therefore, other parcels on Morgan's property will not <br />have sufficient water for full irrigation. <br />WFC will replace all topsoil in this field to its original depth if it is agree that <br />this is to be done. <br />Morgan Tract #2: The Morgan property south of BB Road and west of 2700 Road, <br />west of Morgan Tract #1, consisting of approximately 43 acres that has been re- <br />designated as Dryland Pasture, formerly designated as Irrigated Pasture. This is <br />called Morgan Tract #2. <br />This parcel was classed in 1998 by the soil saentist that did our pre-mine <br />Page 7 of 10 <br />