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1.5 Penmanent Impoundment Demonstration <br />r? <br />Permanent impoundments planned as part of the post-mining land use on reclaimed rangelands at <br />Trapper Mine include small Livestock Water Tanks (LSWT's). These ponds are all less than two acre- <br />feet in volume and function exclusively to provide much needed drinking water to wildlife and livestock <br />species. In this semi-arid region of the West these types of ponds are of crucial benefit to reclaimed <br />rangelands as they greatly improve grazing distribution and vegetation utilization. Without the <br />adequately distributed water supplies that these ponds provide, wildlife and livestock species tend to <br />congregate around scarce available water supplies and grossly over-utilize a small part of the range <br />while failing to adequately utilize the majority of the range. This proves to be detrimental to both plant <br />and animal resources. <br />Livestock Water Tank locations are given on Map 1. No Livestock Water Tanks are present in this <br />current phase 11 bond release block. <br />• <br />i <br />17