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term "noxious weeds" as used herein includes of those species those found on the Colorado <br />Department of Agriculture website as found at: <br />http: / /www.colorado.gov /cs /Satellite ?c = Page &cid on as accessed on July 29, 2010, which has <br />been assembled per the provisions of the Colorado Weed Management Act. This site, contains <br />what is typically considered as the "official," "Colorado Noxious Weed List" which includes <br />three lists of noxious weeds, List A, List B and List C. Since this State list is more current than <br />the Montrose County Noxious Weed list, all species listed on the "Colorado Noxious Weed List" <br />as found on either List A, List B or List C, will be considered to be "noxious weeds" for <br />purposes this vegetation survey. <br />RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES. <br />Given the fact that this entire site consists of vegetation that has been disturbed by agricultural <br />activities for approximately one hundred and two years there was no need to evaluate the <br />potential presence of Rare and Endangered Plants beyond the evaluation found in WFC's permit <br />section 2.04.10 <br />RESULTS <br />VEGETATION SAMPLING <br />A detailed vegetation map of the proposed North Mine Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture <br />Vegetation Type was originally presented on Appendix Map 2.04.10 -1 - Permit Area Vegetation <br />Map. This evaluation documents that there are 37.33 acres of land which correspond to the; <br />Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture Vegetation Type. The map corresponding to this area <br />showing the location of the vegetation transects sampled in the 2010 sampling effort are <br />presented on Map 2.04.10 -5, 2010 Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture - Vegetation Transect <br />Map. <br />Field Sampling Dates. All of the field data collected in this 2010 vegetation sampling effort <br />were collected on June 23 and 24, 2010. At the time of the field sampling, all of the plants were <br />actively growing and it is believed that the sampling was performed close to the period of <br />optimum plant growth, when the plant cover and production were near their peak. IME was <br />informed by Mr. Stan Garvey that they were anxious to cut the hay of this site and the sampling <br />was performed immediately before the site was hayed. A list of all of the plant species <br />encountered in this field sampling effort are presented in Appendix Table 2.04.10- 1, North Mine <br />- Plant Species List. <br />Sample Adequacy. A statistical summary of all of the data collected to characterize the plant <br />cover, production, and shrub density is presented in the following narrative. These calculations <br />document that a sufficient number of samples were collected to describe the parameters of "total <br />plant cover" and perennial herbaceous production, excluding annuals, biennials and noxious <br />weeds at the 90 percent confidence interval had been collected. <br />Transect Locations. The field locations of all of the cover, production and shrub density <br />transects sampled in this evaluation are shown on Map 2.04.10 -5, Intensively Managed Irrigated <br />Pasture - Vegetation Transect Map. <br />INTENSIVELY MANAGED IRRIGATED PASTURE. <br />4 <br />