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6.0 Revegetation - Dryland Pasture (DP) <br />6.1 General Information <br />The reclaimed dryland pasture type will be established in areas which were previously sagebrush <br />rangeland on the 1987 Travessitta - Pinon soils and on 1999 soil map units 98B, 98C, and 98H <br />(see Map 2.04.9 -1). It also will be established on former irrigated lands that do not have sufficient <br />water for future irrigation. Although attempted in the past, irrigation will not be employed on <br />dryland pasture. <br />Some dryland pastures will be restored so that, if water becomes available in the future, these <br />lands could be irrigated after the liability period. <br />Seed Mix #8 has been developed for dryland pasture on this permit area, to provide a mix of <br />species that are compatible with the dryland pasture type, have a high level of utility, and will <br />provide long term protection of the resource <br />In cases where pastureland is being reclaimed, butwater for irrigation is not present, the land will <br />be reclaimed as dryland pasture. Other areas reclaimed to the dryland pasture type occupy <br />locations where the Pinon- Progresso foams complex (1987), soil map units 98C, 98B, and 98H <br />(1999), and sagebrush vegetation types occurred prior to mining (see Section 2.04.9 and <br />2.04.10). Some of these reclaimed areas will have only received ancillary disturbances during <br />mining activities. The associated disturbance relates to topsoil removal for the location of roads, <br />stockpiles, facilities, and regrading activities during reclamation. These areas were not flood <br />irrigated prior to mining because of shallow soils, rock outcrops, and topography. Since these <br />areas will remain basically unchanged in terms of topography, they will not be irrigated in the <br />postmine land use. The establishment of a dryland pasture type is consistent with both the pre - <br />and postmining land uses in the area and best reflects that which is attainable under the <br />expected site conditions and management potential. <br />Any dryland pasture reclamation will involve drill seeding of a sterile hybrid annual triticale <br />(Quickguard) as a companion crop within Seed Mix #8. Seed mix #8 is the permanent seed mix <br />(Revised: PR -06) 2.05.4(2)(e) - 55 <br />