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Page 2 • • Extension Request M-73-007 October 30, 1991 temperatures are low enough to prevent fall germination. Also, I request that seeding not be required on topsoil stockpiles that will be utilized in reclamation during this winter. Doing that seems rather pointless. This would apply probably only to the topsoil stockpiles in the northwest corner of the permit section west of Academy Boulevard. For your information, my past experience in this area of Colorado indicates that if seeding is done by the end of September, autumn germination and sufficient hardening usually occurs prior [o the really cold weather. Seedling loss is greatly reduced and spring growth is quite strong. But between early October and sometime between the middle of November and occasionally the middle of December it is risky to do any seeding or it probably will need to be repeated the next spring. I have found that the Colorado Springs/Pueblo area exhibits rather unusual revegetation patterns and requires a different seeding schedule than that used in most parts of the state. Autumn seeding in this area, especially on the south side of Colorado Springs, can be very risky if a similar schedule to what is used elsewhere is applied here. The problem is that climatic patterns from April through November in Colorado Springs are commonly very different from what is seen elsewhere along the Front Range. It is more like what occurs in western Kansas than what is seen along the rest of the Colorado Front Range Corridor. During the winter the patterns are similar to Fort Collins. Colorado Springs in winter is usually drier than Denver and often warmer and wetter than Pueblo. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Also, please send mailed correspondence to the address on my letterhead and not to me at Transit Mix. Respectfully, ~7~ ~ Mark A. Heffner y f ~~I i cc: Bud Herskind, President of Transit Mix