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• <br />• <br />NOXIOUS WEEDS <br />Historically, the DRMS has issued various lists, reported to contain the official noxious weed <br />list with respect to the DRMS regulations, for example Appendix B of the "Guidelines with <br />Land Use and Vegetation Requirements of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for <br />Coal Mining" issued in June of 1988, the undated "Guideline for the Management of Noxious <br />Weeds on Coal Mine Permit Areas," reports to contain a list of "noxious weeds for the purposes <br />of this guideline and the Coal Regulations." The DRMS regulations at 1.04 (78) state that <br />"noxious weeds" means species that have been included on official State or county lists of <br />noxious weeds. In a consultation meeting with Ms. Laurie Mingen, the Montrose County Weed <br />Supervisor, we requested the "official Montrose County noxious weed list" and were informed <br />that there was no current list and our being given a handwritten list that was constituted the <br />"official list." Examination of the website of the Colorado Department of Agriculture website at <br />http: //www.ag.state.co.us/NoxiousWeeds/counties/Montrose.html on 18 June 2009 resulted in <br />our obtaining a different list. <br />To standardize the issue of noxious weeds, in this report and associated Permit Application, the <br />term "noxious weeds" as used herein includes species found on the Colorado Department of <br />Agriculture website at: http: / /www.colorado.gov /cs /Satellite ?c — Page &cid on as accessed on 10 <br />October 2009, which has been assembled per the provisions of the Colorado Weed Management <br />Act. This site contains three lists of noxious weeds, List A, List B and List C. Since this State <br />list is more current than the Montrose County Noxious Weed list, all species listed on the <br />Colorado Noxious Weed list as found on either List A, List B or List C, will be considered to be <br />"noxious weeds" for purposes this vegetation survey. <br />RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES. <br />The potential presence of Rare and Endangered Plants was determined based upon a careful <br />review of the existing scientific literature on the subject, consultation with the DRMS and <br />consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW). The most comprehensive <br />treatment of this topic is found on the website of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program found <br />at www.cnhp.colostate.edu which contains the Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide published in <br />1999 and an update called the Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide - 2002 Update. The potential <br />presence of plants which are considered to be either Rare or Endangered Plants are discussed <br />under Results below. <br />• Section 2.04.10 Page 6 April 2011 <br />