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prime farmland or potential prime farmland, depending upon water availability. Bed on this <br />evaluation, certain lands on the Morgan property have been converted to irrigated cropland. <br />Land use and baseline vegetation studies (Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04. 10) conducted during 1987 <br />and 1999, as well as results from interviews with local` operators in the area, show that the pre - <br />mine land use is agriculture based in part on irrigation any of the areas designated as irrigated <br />pasture in the pre - mine vegetation study were :an d 'e, . ".q aiti r af. Vegetation <br />types such as the swalefdrainage type are present as a result of irrigation in the area and are <br />used, where possible, in a similar fashion to irrigated pasture or irrigated cropland. Ba, s�eiine <br />. �.= �,,,�. ���: <br />st ies also s c o Ia - d `aM asturel p <br />`. O dF °iasec Trite c a'r�gea �y°�depe ding ors the operafoi s h6bdiv After several <br />years of production following renovation, the hay fields become dominated by grasses and are <br />slowly invaded by species such as Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) and buckhom plantain <br />(Plantago lanceolata). The irrigated pasture fields are used as pasture during various periods <br />in the year based on operator needs. In most cases management is not at a high level. Other <br />0q, .. <br />than farmsteads, facilities, and a small., f5 0 . the sagebrush types makes up the <br />E41 <br />balance of the disturbance area. This type reflects disturbance of the original sagebrush type <br />d pinyon juniper vegetation and the intensity of use from associated agricultural activities. <br />These sagebrush areas are not irrigated and are located on mesa tops where it is impractical <br />to get irrigation water via ditches and on steep mesa sides. <br />The postmining. land use will be similar to the pre - mining land use - primarily agriculture using . <br />irrigation and dryland pasture. These two pasture types will be the highest percentage of any <br />postmining vegetation type. Certain lands, particularly many of those tracts to the north of BB <br />Road and west of 2700 Road, were originally classified to be restored as irrigated pasture, but <br />4. this was not valid since the water was simply not available to provide proper irrigation on the total <br />area of these lands. For this reason, a portion of these lands have been re- classified as dryland"U <br />pasture for the Permit Revision of 2009. �1�- � <br />o <br />ar is that have been re- evaluated for the post - mining land use are the 4 separately <br />The dye p ce tl �� •. <br />owne+dtracts west of 2700 Road and one tract owned by WF.0 in the extreme southeast comer <br />• of thrmit area. The four tracts west of 2700 Road are owned by Morgan, Lloyd, Benson and <br />W FC: The tracts east of 2700 Road will not be re- evaluated since they were reclaimed years ago. <br />PR -06 Oct-09 2.05A(2)(e) - 2 <br />