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Site Variation Adaptability of Seed Mix #8 <br />Dry Sites: <br />Moist Sites: <br />Cool Season: <br />Warm Season: <br />Fine Textured Sites: <br />Coarse Textured Sites <br />All species. <br />Agropyro, Medicago. <br />Agropyron, Elymus,. <br />Medicago. <br />Agropyron, Elymus, Medicago. <br />All species. <br />The Seed Mix #8 varieties are preferred but do not constitute the only available adapted varieties. <br />Seed availability problems associated with the above recommended varieties will require thatthe <br />next best adapted variety or native /common types be used. The alternate selections will be made <br />from regional sources. <br />Species selection criteria centered on species that are drought tolerant, reasonably productive <br />under semi -arid conditions, able to provide site stabilization, able to withstand grazing pressure, <br />and have utility for livestock and wildlife. The seed variety and mixture is commonly used in this <br />region and was reviewed by the local Natural Resources Conservation Service. <br />For Permit Revision 06, forage kochia and fourwing saltbush have been added to the seed mix <br />for those dryland pastureland areas west of 2700 Road. The shrubs in this mix will only be <br />applied to the area west of 2700 Road. No shrubs were planted east of 2700 Road. Western <br />Fuels has provided the notification letters sent to the landowners west of 2700 Road in <br />Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e) -8. There is no letter from WFC, since they obviously approve the <br />changes to the seed mix presented. The reasons for the addition of the 2 shrubs in the seed mix <br />for dryland pasture are given below: <br />1) Both shrubs are very palatable to grazing animals, which is desirable for forage, which fits the <br />use of dryland pasture. <br />2) The shrubs provide shade which allows the grasses to grow better around the shrubs, as was <br />demonstrated in the AML reclamation work immediately north of the New Horizon #2 Mine. <br />3) The shade lessens the evapotranspiration which results in a better grass stand. <br />4) Better diversity in the field. <br />(Revised: PR -06) 2.05.4(2)(e) - 57 <br />