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<br />• <br />W <br />The Grass Valley Reservoir located to the north of the <br />permit area is classified as a developed water resource (see <br />Land Use Map, HGP-67. There is no residental or commercial <br />development within a mile of the mine. Cropland is located <br />approximately 1.5 miles to the north and south of the mine. <br />Wildlife is generally found throughout the permit area and <br />ad,iacent areas. Mining has not had any significant impact <br />on the wildlife except the loss of grazing from the <br />previously disturbed areas. <br />The area disturbed by the Eastside Mine <br />and facilities has little capability of <br />except as a mining facility or wildlife <br />potentially be used as a homesite. The <br />the limited rocky nature of the soils i <br />support any type of agriculture. <br />surface operations <br />being productive <br />grazing. It could <br />steep terrain and <br />n the area will not <br />The pre-mine forage production capability of the area is <br />minimal. Stan Woodyard, District Conservationist of the <br />Soil Conservation Service, has indicated the soil units <br />present in the area are not classified as range sites. Due <br />to the nature of the soils, rocky and steep, the usable <br />forage varies from 250 pounds to 300 pounds per acre (See <br />Production Capabilities - Appendix L). <br />The location and extent of the disturbance caused by <br />previous mining are shown on Map HGP-7: Pre-Law Disturbed <br />Area. <br />21 <br />Revised 5/87 <br />