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EXHIBIT B-1 <br />Page 1 <br />`°""" Unitetl States Soil <br />~; -•~~ <br />1`~~)j; Dgpartment of Conservation <br />~J A riculture Service <br />C~ <br />J <br />Ruth Gray <br />Skelton Inc. <br />ilorwood, CO 81423 March 16, 1988 <br />Dear Ruth: <br />I visited the site regarding the potential expansion of the <br />existing gravel mining operation: Idontrose County, Slr1?~,tdl•P, <br />Sec 13, T45N, R13W and San Miguel County, NW?c, SlJ?c, Sec 13, <br />T45N, R131•J. <br />:xistinf Vegetation <br />The plan+: community is basicly a sagebrush cotnmunit.y. The <br />lJyomi.ng bigsage makes up approximately 45 % of the vegetat:iva <br />cover where it dominates. In these areas the f*,rasses make up <br />approximately 30 percent of the cover and are: Indian ricegras;, <br />Plutton tr,rass, Bottlebrush squirltail, and Galetta. There are <br />areas where surface disturbance has occured (old a.irst;rip and <br />vehicle traffice) and there is evidence of reseeding'. }sere the <br />plant community is approximately 80 percent grass: Crested vrheatr>rass <br />and those which appeared on the previously mentioned site. <br />• Snakeweed, green rabbitbrush and Wyoming bigsage accure here and <br />make up approximately 15 % of the plant community. <br />Soils: <br />A copy of the soil map is attached as are the narrative descriptions. <br />Note that on the soil map is shown the location of existinJ; r*ravel <br />mine operations on the same soils. The soils are RadersburP; and Callan <br />RevegeT,ation: <br />'T'opsoil will vary in depth. In some areas it will be difficult to <br />save due to shallowness to gravel. In other areas it will be t:liich <br />enough to save - in fact can be 5 feet or more deep. lJhere possible, <br />tcpsoil should be saved by stocl~piling. 'Phese piles should be <br />seeded during early winter (after October 15) to keep the soil in {tlac <br />until used for reseeding. Seed with 4lestern vrheat~rass using; the <br />rate of 16 pound of Pure Live Seed per acre. Seed companies can <br />figure bulk seed required to get the PLS recommended rate. 4,'hen <br />reclaiming, the area should first be rough leveled to natural f;rade; <br />topsoil then spread over the area at a depth of 4 to 6 inches; <br />seeding is the final step. See attached grass planned seeding workshe <br />• <br />O The SoA Conservation Service <br />U ~s an agency of the <br />D eO arimenl of Apric uli ure <br />