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~~J <br />• • <br />Mr. Oehler feels we have disturbed areas outside of the <br />permitted area, Please note pictures of the old pre-law pit, <br />the area immediately inside the entry and the corridor between <br />the highway fence - ditch and the excavation was used for many <br />years by road crews to mix asphalt for highway use. The pit is <br />over forty years old to my knowledge and could be much older; <br />this asphalt was mixed on the ground by a maintainer until <br />the proper sample of oil and gravel was achieved. Should the <br />truck hauling product need to be free, the dump was made further <br />along the "trail" and the maintainer moved further north to mix. <br />This method left a heavy covering of asphalt and pot-holes <br />over the area; it. doesn't constitute a paved road, only a <br />large area covered with gravel, etc. It is a problem we inherited <br />with the purchase of the land in 1967. This is the area that <br />we have piled gravel; the loading of material, etc. works the <br />ground and is slowly breaking down the asphalt. The irrigation <br />ditch located along the highway fence must be protected as well. <br />Ancestors of` the Goemmer family settled this area in the <br />1860's when they fled the South during the Civil War. It has <br />been a ranch continuously owned by the family since that time. <br />If we can survive:, our sons will eventually become the owners <br />with their families. We are a family-based cattle operation - <br />with the gravel Helping maintain a living for five families. <br />It is sometimes difficult for an individual who has worked in <br />the network of fEaderal and/or state government to understand <br />the deep feeling of being a part of the land - for the majority <br />of the land we own, it has been held deeded since patent and <br />declaration of settlement made years prior to patent issue. For <br />the family members before us and for us today. it is a hard life; <br />but one can survive and achieve, if you are willing to work. <br />I believe that I have addressed all the points that <br />Mr. Oehler presented in his report - my response is either <br />in this letter to you or on the notes within this packet <br />of information. If you have further questions, please ask <br />me - I will try my best to answer. <br />Trusting that you will not create a hardship for us <br />by increasing the: bond $7,000.00; and that you will not <br />penalize us for t:he procedural error made in Denver long ago, <br />I remain <br />Very truly yours, <br />(Mrs.) L. Otto Goemmer <br />Enclosures <br />