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and gullies performed in 2011 on any of the Phase II or Phase III Bond Release areas <br />performed in 2011. <br />Weed control, measures targeting State listed and local species of concern including: <br />Knapweed(s), Thistle(s), White Top, Curly Cup Gumweed, Russian - Olive, Saltcedar, <br />Burdock, Mullein, Halogeton, and Western Whorled Milkweed were treated via spot <br />spraying in areas where they were located. Weed control was performed by WFC and a <br />licensed weed control company. Pest Management, consisting of Prairie Dog control, <br />was conducted for approximately three months during the summer. Gopher "gas" <br />bombs were set off in individual Prairie Dog burrows and immediately covered with <br />dirt. <br />Fertilizer, was not applied to any reclaimed areas in 2009. Hay production listed by <br />property owner giving the details of the first cutting as summarized in the 2009 ARR, <br />documents that 232.08 acres of Irrigated Pasture Reclamation were harvested for hay, <br />with the weighted average production being 2,168 pounds of field dried forage per acre. <br />Irrigated water was diverted into the CCC ditch on 4 May and irrigation commenced on <br />these areas about two days later, on about 6 May. The CCC Ditch water was shut off <br />on 4 October 2009. <br />The 2009 ARR contains no section or mention of grazing activities. However, grazing <br />did occur in 2009, similar to that described in 2010 and 2011 for the Pasture Reclaimed <br />Areas. It is assumed that similar stocking rates and grazing periods were employed. <br />On the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area, no rill or gully repair work was performed. <br />Weed control was identical to that for the Irrigated Pasture Bond Release Areas. <br />Fertilizer, was not applied to the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area in 2009. Irrigation, <br />consisting of 10 shares of water, was applied, via flood irrigation, to the 6.8 acre site <br />Irrigated Pasture Reference Area, commencing on about 6 May and ended about 31 <br />September 2009. In 2009, there was no hay harvested from this site, so there is no <br />yield data for hay. However, the site was sampled by both BIO -Logic in connection <br />with revegetation monitoring activities described previously and by IME, in connection <br />with baseline vegetation sampling associated with the NHN Mine permitting process. <br />Grazing commenced on the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area on about the end of July <br />2009, just after the vegetation studies were completed on this site and ended in the <br />spring of 2010. Between two and seven head of horses grazed this site during that <br />time. The sod was treated via a ripper in the spring, which broke up the sod and <br />created furrows which aided in the application of the flood irrigation waters. <br />Management Practices Utilized in 2008. There was no repair work associated with rills <br />and gullies performed in 2011 on any of the Phase II or Phase III Bond Release areas <br />performed in 2008. <br />Weed control measures targeting State listed and local species of concern including: <br />SL -14 03DEC12.wpd 18 <br />