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0 <br />ft <br />1 l.J T C <br />I DO <br />ROO <br />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 4reas designated as irrigated <br />� �.s, <br />pasture in the pre -mine vegetation study were a , o e . .a a`rti`: ' 'i Vegetation <br />types such as the swale /drainage 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. Baseline <br />.. +haWta . atd , land a�i past fre - a a r m �ia try compbs i' in <br />studies also sho - - ���_ � -, aaii _ <br />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 buckhorn 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 />than farmsteads, facilities, and a smal Boned or b the sagebrush types makes up the <br />W� <br />N_ <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 r <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 te <br />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`b <br />pasture for the Permit Revision of 2009. <br />- s, <br />The flue parcels that have been re- evaluated for the post-mining land use are the 4 separately <br />ownd&li icts west of 2700 Road and one tract owned by WFC 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 2.05.4(2)(e) - 2 <br />