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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />D015!O <br /> <br />one of three categories based upon the land classification analysis <br />performed by Stoneman, Landers, Inc. These categories are: <br />. Category I - Land classifications identified by Stoneman, <br />Landers, Inc. as having less than 10 percent tree cover. <br />Parcels in this category were assumed to require no canopy <br />removal, although removal of a medium growth of grasses and <br />brush was assumed. <br />. Category II - Land classifications identified by Stoneman, <br />Landers, Inc. as having 10 to 40 percent tree cover. <br />Parcels in this category were assumed to require canopy <br />removal on 25 percent of the parcel's acreage, along with <br />grass and brush removal. <br />. Category III - Lands identified by Stoneman, Landers, Inc. <br />as having more than 40 percent tree cover. Parcels in this <br />category were assumed to require canopy removal on 70 <br />percent of the parcel's acreage, along with grass and brush <br />removal. <br />Estimates of the per acre costs of canopy, brush and grass <br />removal were based upon data obtained from the U.S. Soil and <br />Conservation Service, Durango, Colorado, Rick Gruen, CSU Ag Extension <br />Agent, and other sources. The methods employed in estimating these <br />costs are given in a memorandum by John Raines, Western Research <br />Corporation, dated July 21, 1986. A copy of that memorandum is <br />included as Appendix A to this report. <br />The results of the canopy, grass and brush removal cost analysis <br />are given in Table 3-1. <br /> <br />.3 <br /> <br />, <br />...~:k <br />