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<br />CASTLE CONCRETE COMPANY <br />PIKEVIEW QUARRY 77-211 <br />EXHIBIT J <br />VEGETATION INFORMATION <br />Virtually all the vegetation on the quarry site was destroyed <br />by previous mining activities when the quarry was operated as a material <br />source for constructing the United States Air Force Academy. Because <br />reclamation was not a serious concern at that time no preliminary studies <br />were done. However, the visual patterns that occurred on the quarry <br />can easily be reconstructed from examination of surrounding vegetation. <br />On each end of the quarry (north and south) are the primary <br />additional new lands to be affected by future mining. Most of these <br />areas have native vegetation on them and this will be described herein <br />• as required by the rules and regulations. <br />Topography greatly dictates the vegetation composition and <br />community type on this site in an interesting fashion. The area can be <br />divided into two topographic types. The quarry itself occupies a steep, <br />east-facing slope that is somewhat dissected by the drainage patterns. <br />The processing area near the eastern boundary of the quarry occupies <br />more level ground on the outslopes of the quarry area. <br />The quarry area is represented by, basically, two community <br />types. South-facing slopes primarily have a shrub type community of <br />Gambel's Oak and Mountain Mahogany. North-facing slopes are inhabited <br />by a more typical Montane forest composed of various mixtures of <br />Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menzesii) <br />. and Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) <br />Fir is dominant n~.unerically. <br />In most areas of the forest Douglas <br />P-J-1 <br />