2010-02-18_REVISION - C1981008 (3)

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• All of the irrigated pre-mine lands were "wild flood irrigated", water was simply allowed to flow over the land at will. All of the farmers here are very insulted by that. First we have NEVER WILD FLOOD irrigated and the Morgans personally have not flood irrigated for 39 years. Flood irrigation requires numerous hours of work, hard and constant work, that's why most of us have gone to gated pipe, side rolls, big guns, or center pivots, ALL of these methods were done many years before the mine entered our properties. We had no abandoned orchard and it was not dry land. Our orchard was in a mixed grass and alfalfa which maps will show we irrigated it constantly and ate and canned the fruits every year. You cannot take one map per year and draw your own conclusions. In 1998 the aerial photo of the Sunshine Place was very very green on the easterly portion because that was our first year of planting AV 120, a new type of alfalfa and the westerly part of the photo was planted for 8 years and the following year it was planted in corn and then the next year in wheat. Also, this photo was taken right after we had cut the westerly portion, so to judge us is discrimination and without knowing the facts, you have no right to make a conclusion. IF IT IS GREEN, IT IS IRRIGATED AND CROPPED! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Irrigated crop land and pasture land are very similar and can be used interchangeably. Letter from NRCS showing this is also a false statement Lands were originally classified to be restored to irrigated but this was not valid because Also on the map of no water available. This is also a false statement. All of these farmers not only produced crops, but had adequate grazing available with much less water than what WFC is requesting. The Sunshine place which includes another 31 acres of land that was currently a corn field producing close to 700 tons of silage this year, was also included in the 45 shares that was available since 1996 and a maximum of 60 shares all • the years before that date. And these shares were doing over 120 acres and we left 50 shares for WFC to use for reclamation and have offered another 12 shares which they have refused to add to the 50. The Lloyd property also well irrigated and leased by Gordon and Lori Smith for the past 10 years which they have furrow irrigated and planted wheat several times. Bensons who had also very nice fields and furrow irrigated. Also on the Lloyd property, it states only one of the property owners live in state, that is also incorrect, one lives here and one Cedaridge. The Johnson Property was a terrible lie especially when there was 100's and 100's of feet of gated pipe and produced 319 tons of hay prior to the mine entering the property. And now to the Morgan property, which is very up setting. Corrugated irrigation pipe. We have never used nor is there such a thing unless you think we irrigate with a culvert. Even after I told you this was not correct, I receive another document stating corrugated ditches/pipe. To clarify this, a corrugate is a furrow and can be used interchangeably Ross has Massive amounts up tp 70 shares of water or 2cfs for the eastern 22.89 acres. This is a horrible false statement and misrepresentation of the facts. 70 shares on 22 acres, we would have a Lake and maybe could go fishing. I t states that our furrows were 1280 feet and took 10 or more days to irrigate. This was also a lie. As you can see on the map, we had 2 sets of gated pipe and a big gun and usually we were finished in 3-5 days. When Mr. Morgan was asked how many shares he used to irrigate the • 100 acres, he said 50. A very factual statement. He also told Ross many times, there is more available if needed but the Morgans were always able to irrigate all of this with that amount and