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This table accounts for the adjusted permit area of 2009 and the various changes to the post -mine <br />land categories. These categories correspond to Map 2.05.4 -5 Post -Mine Vegetation /Land Use <br />Map and are further described below. <br />2.1 Cropland - Irrioated Alfalfa Hay 1IC) These areas will have 100% alfalfa (not including the <br />companion crop) which are well- managed, irrigated consistently and harvested. See discussion <br />in Section 2.04.9 on Prime Farmlands and Prime Farmland Soils. <br />2.2 Reclaimed Irrioated Pastureland UP) These reclaimed areas consist of primarily grasses but <br />can have some alfalfa. This reclamation land use encompasses the pre -mine land use type of <br />Pastureland - Irrigated Hayland (IPH) and Pastureland - Irrigated Grass (IP). The Pastureland - <br />Irrigated Grass areas are generally not quite as well managed as Pastureland - Irrigated Hay; <br />they have a lesser percentage of alfalfa, slightly poorer soils and may not yield as much <br />vegetation, but overall, they are similar. The IPH areas were generally baled while the IP areas <br />were generally grazed. In many cases, the field may start out as an IPH field, but over time the <br />alfalfa percentage drops and the field becomes more like a Pastureland - Irrigated Grass field. <br />Both of these pre -mine areas are absorbed into the post -mine use of Reclaimed Irrigated <br />Pastureland (IP). In all cases of discussions of post mine vegetation and land use, Reclaimed <br />Irrigated Pastureland may be referred to as Irrigated Pasture (IP). <br />2.3 Pastureland - Irrioated Swales 1IPSW) These areas are generally low lying areas which <br />drain irrigated fields around them. Theyare not directly irrigated but usually have substantial water <br />from the surrounding fields. They can have wetland plants and these area are not managed or <br />baled. For post -mine land use success, they are measured in the same manner as Reclaimed <br />Irrigated Pastureland. <br />2.4 Dryland Pasture (DP) These areas are restored dryland areas that focus toward <br />establishment of adapted dryland grasses, forbs and shrubs, with the intent that these areas will <br />be grazed by livestock animals for their permanent post -mine land use. Much of these areas were <br />either dry pastures or sagebrush rangelands in the pre -mine condition. Some lands that were <br />previously irrigated but do not now have the water needed for irrigation may be converted to <br />Dryland Pasture. There is no sagebrush shrub in the post -mine Dryland Pasture. Two shrubs will <br />be planted from seed for Dryland Pasture tracts west of 2700 Road, which are forage kochia and <br />fourwing saltbush. No shrubs were planted east of 2700 Road. <br />(Revised: PR -06) 2.05.4(2)(e) - 4 <br />