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INTRODUCTION <br /> The CF&I Steel Corporation operates two underground coal mines <br /> 35 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. The two mines are the Maxwell <br /> Mine and the Allen Mine, each on separate permit areas. The Allen <br /> Mine is approximately 5 miles northwest of the Maxwell Mine. <br /> Disturbed areas on the Maxwell Mine include grassland and <br /> pinyon-juniper vegetation types, while areas to be disturbed on the <br /> Allen Mine include Ponderosa pine-Douglas fir-oak, Ponderosa pine- <br /> oak, and willow carr vegetation types. A species list for these <br /> vegetation types is given in Appendix B. <br /> Representative areas of each vegetation type were inventoried <br /> for vegetation cover and production by major species and species <br /> categories. Density of trees , shrubs and saplings in each type was <br /> also obtained. The results of the inventory l;;ere used to identify <br /> dominant species in each type and discuss the relationships of the <br /> dominant species with their environment. <br /> The general vegetation types were mapped on a scale of 1 :500. <br /> These maps can be found in Appendix C. <br /> 1 <br />