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<br />• This tract was originally classified by Peabody Coal as Irrigated 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 all <br />of it is dedicated to this tract. <br /> <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 />a e/sausjf and noxious weeds. <br />• The tract of land is owned by five different families and all b <br />ut one lives out of state. <br />• There is no evidence the land was ever developed into a tract suitable to be irrigated by ?,Uqep <br /> <br />a sprinkler system, but rather a flood irrigation technique was utilized. <br />A ratio of on:fi 47sfares 'of water per'acrehof gated,land under a' flood irrigate .F <br />x <br />sy-serf; 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 />Using this ratio, this means that 16.3 acres will be flood irrigated and restored to Irrigated <br />Pasture (IP). This area could be either baled or grazed. The remainder of the property will <br />be restored to Dryland Pasture (DP). <br />3) The 2 parcels of 15.35 acres and 42.25 acres immediately west of the Lloyd parcel, which are <br />now owned -by Western Fuels. This is a total of 57.60 acres. This land was purchased from <br />Johnson. S S <br />U / This tract was originally classified (? cn by Peabody Coal as Irrigated Pasture (IP). <br />Portions of these tracts were "WildFLoodTrigad'in the past. There werefno furrows <br />ate' ?` "? <br />side roll sprinkler system or other methods to control water distribution. <br />Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at will. <br />f <br />WFC does not own sufficient water to irrigate this land since it has only 12 shares for a <br />r <br />T total 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 />PR-06 O 09 1?j V?