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0 Vegetation Information <br />• <br />• <br />Exhibit J <br />The site has historically been used for growing grass hay and cattle grazing. The vegetation community <br />on the entire permit area is vegetated with a medium to dense vegetation and is considered irrigated <br />pasture. The predominant grasses on site are timothy and intermediate wheatgrass. Smooth brome and <br />other grasses are present in smaller percentages. White clover is also present. Historically, alfalfa has <br />also been grown in the field. The estimated live perennial cover during irrigation season is 50% to <br />75%. <br />Prior to leveling and irrigation, the field probably contained mainly basin wildrye, western wheatgrass, <br />streambank wheatgrass, bluegrasses, and big sagebrush. Smaller amounts of rubber rabbitbrush, <br />fourwing saltbush, and bottlebrush squirreltail are also commonly present in similar areas that have not <br />been disturbed. <br />The hillsides to the south of the permit are above the field consist of sparse pinyon, juniper, mountain <br />brush, sagebrush and some grasses. Soils on these slopes are thin compared to those in the meadow. <br />All vegetation communities can be seen on Map C-1 Pre-Mining Plan Map. Westwater Consultants <br />has done a jurisdictional wetlands delineation for the site. An Individual Permit will be applied for <br />with the US Army Corps of Engineers to allow for the disturbance of all delineated wetlands. Map C-1 <br />shows the delineated wetlands. The currently planned wetlands that will be built during reclamation <br />should satisfactorily replace any disturbed jurisdictional wetlands. <br />White River City Pit, August 08 J-1