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After the land is prepared, straw mulch will be spread and crimped into the soil at a <br />minimum rate of 2,000 pounds per acre. Mulch will stick 6" out of the soil to control <br />wind and water erosion until grass becomes established. <br />Seeding will follow the recommendations in the original permit developed by NRCS. <br />The seed mixture will be as follows: <br />Species <br />Pounds /Acre <br />Alkali Sacaton <br />0.375 <br />Prairie Cordgrass <br />0.25 <br />Switchgrass <br />0.90 <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />3.22 <br />Big Bluestein <br />1.10 <br />There may some select areas chosen by the landowner where Kentucky Blue Grass will <br />be seeded at 2 pounds per acre. The balance of the shoreline will be seeded with the <br />mixture cited above. <br />Application method for non -blue grassed areas will be by seed drilling. Drill spacing will <br />be 7" -12" with a planting depth of 1/4" - 1/2" inches. Kentucky Blue Grass seeding will <br />be by broadcasting. <br />Trees and shrubs may be planted to enhance the area as determined by the landowner. <br />There will be no off -site drainage. <br />Access Roads <br />The landowner does not want or intend to reclaim the roadways surrounding the pond. <br />They will be maintained for future use by the landowner. A signed and notarized letter <br />requesting the roadways remain open is attached to that effect. <br />Safety Berm <br />An earthen safety berm lying west of the gravel pit has been in place a number of years to <br />provide flood protection for the residence and the gravel pit when the South Platte River <br />floods. Sharon Reese said she explained to you and subsequently to me that this berm <br />lies outside the boundaries of the gravel pit. It is not part of the reclamation plan. <br />Beet Tare <br />For a number of years the Reese family has accepted and stockpiled beet tare for eventual <br />inclusion in the soils of their fannground lying to the east of the permitted gravel pit. <br />Beet tare is soil washed from sugar beets as they are processed. While in close proximity <br />(northeast corner) to the permitted gravel pit, the two operations are separate. The <br />roadway on the east side of the mined pond may be used by trucks as they deposit the <br />