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<br />north of the pond has a 18" deep gully approx. 20 ft. long. this gully appears to be fairly old <br />and stable by evidence of grasses growing in the gully. <br />Pond 15P-8 has a slight puddle in the bottom of the pond. The bottom of the pond is covered <br />with scotch thistle. Both spillways remain clear and in good repair. The pond embankment does <br />not show evidence of instability. The east side of the pond has several 2 ft. <br />deep gullies in the native hillslope. These gullies have been present for several years and do not <br />appear to be advancing. <br />Pond 22P-2 is dry, spillways are functional. Emergency spillway has very little rip-rap but pond <br />rarely hold water. <br />Pond 22P-17 was not accessible due to heavy vegetative growth and steep slopes. <br />Pond 22P-10 was dry. ~!o problems noted with this pond. <br />Ponds 22P-5, 22P-6 and 22P-4 have had the riser's cut in 1995 and do not contain water <br />beyond puddling of the pond bottom. Ponds 22P-5 and 22P-6 embankments make up the <br />roadway to the SE portion of the permit area. The landowners required the retention of the <br />roadway so the pond embankments could not be removed, therefore reduction in the riser height <br />diminishes the quantity of water retained in the ponds. <br />Reconstructed drainage south of Del Agua Canyon has held up well. No undercutting of the <br />riprap or the grouted portions were noted. Del Agua Canyon Bridge has held well since DMG <br />conducted repair work in 1995. A large gully located south of pond 15P-8 is approximately 8 ft. <br />deep and 50 yards long still exists. No water is directed to this gully anymore and the gully <br />does not appear active. Ditches were removed in 1995. <br />Upland diversion ditches remain in place but all have breached in numerous places and are no <br />longer viable diversion structures. <br />The West facing slope and western extent of section 22 fill slopes have a number of gullies <br />through out. These gullies have been in existence for a minimum of 18 months and probably <br />have been in place longer. No structures or resources are threatened by these gullies nor do <br />they appear to be deepening or elongatirig. <br />Revegetation: Vegetativ:; cover on the section 22 reclaimed areas appear good. This vegetation <br />is dominated by smooth brome and rabbitbrush is encroaching throughout the section 22 areas. <br />Section 15 slopes are considerably barer. Section 15 has a southern exposure and thin soils <br />where as section 22 has Northern, Eastern and Western exposures and adequate topsoil. All <br />areas that received reclamation work in 1995, Pond 15P-10, Reconstructed drainage, repaired <br />gully in section 15, are heavily dominated by Scotch thistle. Mine site has been very dry so little <br />of the permanent seed mix seeded in 1995 has taken hold. Vegetation should be closely <br />watched this summer to determine if reseeding of these areas should be conducted this fall. <br />None of the pinyon seedling planted in 1995 could be located, living or dead stems. Penstamon <br />is blooming on the western portions of section 15. Cattle have been grazing throughout the <br />permit area. <br />Offsite Facilities: The load out in Trinidad remains clear of debris. Load out was dry with no <br />evidence of drainage problems; gullying or ponding. <br />