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DEC. 3 '98 10:15AM DMG,GJCT 1 303 241033G P.7 <br /> Tn Accordance with the "multiple use" definition <br /> of P . L . 56-517 , MJd-Contineet believes that rhP most <br /> Judicious manage_nent would cmptiasize uses for outdoor <br /> recreation, rang _ , a-id wildlife purpose.- . Cn.1i Bssia <br /> also included outdoor recreation, grazing and wildlife <br /> visas before mining . Siacc mining betan in 1976 , <br /> Coal Basin has been used `_or crazing and wildlife <br /> purposes , although operation2 have tended zo curtai.l <br /> outdoor recreational use . <br /> The land use categories proposed by the applicant , <br /> as defined by the regulations for coal of the Colorado :dined <br /> Land Reclamation Bcard , in section. 1_ 04 (69) <br /> "Land Use" are : <br /> (g) "Recreation" <br /> (h) "Fish and wildlife habitat" <br /> ('_{) "Rangeland" <br /> The applicant believes that the proposed uses are <br /> compatible and wnIl suited to the characteristics of <br /> the Coal Basin environment . <br /> B . Natural Conditionn in Coal Basin <br /> 1 . Climate <br /> Snowfall bcgin3 in October and continues thrcugh May in <br /> Coal Basin. Further, the ;now i.; plc.:nti ful . Records during <br /> the most recent winter -- 1979-1950 -- shuv 231 inches n'' <br /> snow. <br /> Tama eraturez are cool . The average mean tcmperzture <br /> -5- <br />