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I <br />This tract was originally classified by• Peabody -Coal as..lmgated Pasture. <br />This 39 acre tract- was "Wild .Flood-.Irrigated . in the. _past. That -is to say, there were no <br />furrows, gated pipe, side roll. sprinkler system or other methods to .control water <br />distribution. Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at will. <br />Lloyd family owns 24 shares of Colorado Cooperative Company irrigation water and al <br />afitisdedicated to this tract. <br />This tract of land has been abandoned from active farming for at least 15 years,, <br />according to pre disturbance satellite images and the size and distribution of invasive <br />5. and noxious weeds. <br />The tract of land is owned by five different families and all but one lives out of state. <br />There is no evidence the land was ever developed into a tract suitable to be irrigated by <br />a sprinkler_ stem, but rather a flood irrigation technique was utilized. <br />s a of `i .acr' o im at lanct'`'rn r`'a flo d W. gat6i <br />A ratio of , t? 9,> <br />has been developed for the irrigated pasture reference area. This same ratio is <br />used to replace flood irrigated pasture on the Lloyd property, ensuring that the same <br />amount of water is used per acre on both properties. <br />t d nd restored to Irrigated <br />r <br />_� 1 <br />Using this ratio, this means that 16.3 acres will be flood imga e a <br />Pasture (IP). This area could be either baled or grazed. The remainder of the property wilt <br />ua <br />be restored to Dryland Pasture (DP). <br />3) The 2 parcels of <br />15.35 acres and 42.25 acres immediately west of the Lloyd parcel, which are <br />now owned -by Western Fuels i is a total of 57.6 acres. This land was purchased from <br />Johnson <br />" <br />• This tract was originally classified by Peabody Coal as Irrigated P tore (IP). <br />Portions of these tracts were f31dtid'ain the past. There were <br />_ : H side roll sprinkler system or other methods to control water distribution., r <br />Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at will. <br />WFC does not own'sufficient water to irrigate this land since it has only 12 shares for a <br />r J , : '' : _Aofal of 57.6 acres. - <br />WFC is not in the farming business and has no interest in returning the land back to an <br />Irrigated Pasture Post Mine land use. <br />06 0 09�� 2.05.4(2)(e) - 4 <br />fj,. PR <br />