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1 <br />Delta, Colorado 81416 <br />January 1, 19?7 <br />Iir, Jack Starner <br />Delta 3anri •c .,ravel <br />P. 0. ;ox 103 <br />Delta, Colorado ^1415 <br />' Re:Plinded Land Reclamation Permit for it dumber 1, i.n j~`1 l) Sec 1° ~. ; <br />~ T ].i5 H 7j;7, Gth Pil, ~hata County near Delta, <br />~ Dear for, Starner, <br />t The rroposer9 area lies immediately south of and adjacent to the Gunnison River <br />in north Delta, The area i.s .)ust i"c', of tine llelta Sand avid travel plant, <br />' 1'he area has riot ireen used for forest, ranr;e, crop, iiorticultriral or any <br />a~;ricuJ.tural use. it's best use is as a sotncr- c, sand a~~n ;.ravel. The <br />intended use aftei jravel removal is for the area i,o l,ecome a. lake and <br />part of the riv.~r botiorn area, <br />~~aa ural sedimentation and fillinr,- will occur on cart of the area as the <br />river flow fluctuates, ;iatural [rater table rri1.1 maintain the lane, 'ihere <br />' are wild life benefits derived from tl,e cxeaticn of ;treater water surface <br />areas. <br />' The land tyke is alluvial lvi~l of extremely varia}ilC texture, kbout j0' <br />is coaxse rock a);d c;ol;ble (treater tlra.n 1;' inc;res in diameter, ?nr. ,iepth <br />of this material is ai,out ZU-~5 feel;, iAe water table is near the surface,,, <br />' this limits ].and use, The area is in the Flood plain, <br />Revegetation of tine pit bank slopes may be accomplished by planting native <br />tree seedlings of russian olive and cottonwood, <br />1 'Fhe olives should be planted .in clwnus of 10 io 75 tree::, with the trees <br />spaced about 1c-20 feet apart at,ri with tho clwnps about i00 to 150 feet <br />apart, Cottonwood trc-es should ~e sparsely planted Here and there uut no <br />closet than 100 feet fiom one another anti at least 20 Feet From any <br />russian olive, <br />1 <br />13 <br />1 <br />' 1Cbj idain, Delta, Colorado ?1h 16 <br />