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1,9/:7; 200P, 14: °.4 7196865403 MRCS FAGE Ol <br /> • <br />UNITED STATES NATURAL RESOURCES TELLER-PARK 112 S. BALDWIN ST. <br />DEPARTMENT of CONSERVATION SCp OFFICE 1i'OODLAND PARK, <br />AGRICULTURE SERVICE CO 80863 <br /> PH: 7(9686-9405 Mobtle~ 719337-1930 <br />October 27, 2000 <br />Robert RegeSter <br />39h Red Cloud Road <br />Florissant, CO 80816 <br />Dear Mr. Regester: <br />At your request, on October 26'~ I visited the site of your proposed gravel mining operation near Antero <br />Reservoir, in the SEI! 4 of Section 7, T12 R76 in Park County. The purpox of the site visit was to <br />determine the prcdontioant foliage species and types. I found the following species, with appropriate <br />dominance listed Gom top to bottom: <br />GRASSES and GRASSLIKE PLANTS <br />~ Western wheatgrass--dominant <br />Native bluegrasxs, Inc. Muttongrass <br />Arizoaa fexue <br />Prairie junegtass <br />Blue grams <br />Muhlys <br />Bottlebrush Squineltail <br />Sedges-Sun Sedge, Elk sedge, etc. <br />~ Slender wheatgrass <br />Needle-and-thread <br />~ Indian ricegrass-•Vace <br />FORBS <br />Herbaceous cinquefoils <br />Eriogonum (buckwheats) <br />GroundseAs <br />Asters <br />Locoweed (inc. crazyweedsj <br />Pmntbrvsh <br />SHRLJBS <br />Fnnged sage <br />Rabbttbrushes <br />Wintcrtat <br />Snakeweed <br />The soil in the arc has been preliminarily mapped as HoC, Hoddcn gravel sandy loam. which is in the <br />Mountain C.oam Range Site, 10.14 inch Precipitation Zone. This R. S description states that the <br />amount and kinds of dominant vegetation prexnt varies according to past land use, cattle grazing, and <br />the like. Therefore, refer to the previously forwarded material, along with the R. S. description, to deter- <br />mine the best type of native gr¢ss mixture for use in replanting end rovegetating the site in the future. <br />Since~rely,,~ , <br />o~.Cao.,Q ~~ <br />Loon S. Kot <br />DisVict Conxrvatinnita <br />