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• <br />• <br />which include: Irrigated Pasture (PLI), Dryland Pasture (PLD) and Intensively Managed <br />Irrigated Pasture (PL- IMIP). <br />Irrigated Pasture (PLI) occurs in the areas which have been within the past five years have been <br />irrigated on a regular basis on this site. In this evaluation, areas which were determined to be up <br />slope of the existing irrigation ditches, even although dominated by similar plant species were <br />not considered to be irrigated pasture. Those areas which appear to have been irrigated decades <br />ago that contain ditches, which have not been maintained and which have cement head gates that <br />are now essentially mounts of eroded concrete, and which now largely consist of Prairie Dog <br />colonies, were not considered to be irrigated. The existing extent of irrigated pasture on this tract <br />was closely examined in the fall of the 2008 and throughout the summer of 2009 to identify <br />those areas currently being irrigated as well as those which have within the past five years been <br />irrigated. This site occupies an area containing approximately 56.63 acres and accounts for 40.9 <br />percent of the "Pastureland" land use and 17.6 percent of the total area. <br />Dryland Pasture (PLD) occurs in the areas, which within the past five years have been <br />unirrigated on a regular basis on this site. In this evaluation, areas which were determined to be <br />Dryland Pasture (PLD) were based upon a careful examination of the status of the vegetation <br />growth and the operational condition of the irrigation ditches. Even although dominated by <br />similar plant species, these areas were not considered to be irrigated pasture. Similarly, those <br />areas which appear to have been irrigated decades ago, and which contain ditches that have not <br />been maintained and have cement head gates which are now essentially mounts of eroded <br />concrete, were not considered to be irrigated. The existing extent of Dryland Pasture (PLD) on <br />this tract was closely examined in the fall of the 2008 and throughout the summer of 2009 to <br />identify those areas which are not currently being irrigated. This site occupies an area containing <br />approximately 44.49 acres and accounts for approximately 32.2 percent of the "Pastureland" land <br />use and 13:8 percent of the total area. <br />Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture (PL -IMIP) is located on the western portion of the Garvey <br />property and is differentiated from the regular Irrigated Pasture by the fact that this site receives <br />significantly higher levels of management with respect to the irrigation waters being moved <br />twice a day and that regular application of fertilization is normally practiced as a husbandry <br />practice on these areas whereas the other Irrigated Pasture locations receive significantly less <br />management. This site occupies an area containing approximately 37.11 acres and accounts for <br />approximately 26.8 percent of the "Pastureland" land use and 11.5 percent of the total area. <br />Residential. This land use category ranks as the second smallest land use category found in the <br />proposed NHN Mine Area and accounts for a total of 18.77 acres or 5.8 percent of the proposed <br />permit area. There are three different "Residential" land use subcategories on this site which <br />include: Residential / Agricultural (RS), Roads (RD), and Road Disturbance (RD -DIS). A brief <br />discussion of each of these "Residential" land use subcategories follows. <br />Residential / Agricultural (RS) land use subcategory occurs in connection with the existing <br />• Section 2.04.3 Page 6 April 2011 <br />