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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />30I South Howes, Room 327, Ft. Collins, CO 80521 <br />May 15, 1980 <br />Mr. Tom Russell <br />11585 Highway 287 <br />LaPorte, CO 80535 <br />RE: Ingleside Quarry (MLR File No. 80-37/HR) <br />Dear Mr. Russell: <br />- In range surveying the old Ingleside Quarry (MLR File No. 80-37/HR) - <br />that you requested to help acquire a new mining permit, I found it has <br />range sites of rockland and shallow foothill. The soils are a complex <br />of shallow (10 to 20 inches) and very shallow (less than 10 inches) <br />gravelly to stony loams over bedrock. Steep ledges and outcrops of <br />"Redbed" shales and sandstones are common. Air, water and root pene- <br />tration is good but limited by depth to bedrock. Moisture holding capa- <br />city is poor. <br />In the areas that have not been mined or have soil, the present <br />vegetation is Indian ricegrass, sand dropseed, needlegrass, little <br />bluestem and annuals. Shrubs are mountain mahogany (an excellent <br />browse species), giant rabbitbrush and snakeweed. There are some scat- <br />tered juniper, ponderosa pine and even pinyon pine. The site should <br />have sideoats grama and wheatgrasses. <br />A reclamation plan should include shaping the slopes to 3:1, or <br />flatter, with the fine material; fertilizing with not less than 40 lbs. <br />each of actual nitrogen and phosphorus per acre; and seeding with the <br />following seed mixture: <br />sideoats grama (Vaughn) 3 4k Pure Live Seed per acre <br />Little bluestem (Pastura) 2 4k Pure Live Seed per acre <br />Pubescent wheatgrass (Luna) 3Zlk Pure Live Seed per acre <br />Indian ricegrass (Common or Holt) 2;d6 Pure Live Seed per acre <br />Drill with a grass drill at ?-inch depth, April 15-June 15. If the <br />seed is broadcasted, then the mixture should be doubled and the area raked <br />after seeding. It will help in wind protection, which is needed in this <br />area, to mulch the seeded area with 40004k/Ac, of straw (50% of the stems <br />should be 10" or longer) and anchor the straw in the ground with mulching <br />blades that will not cut the stems. Junipers and ponderosa pine could be <br />planted also. <br />Sincerely, - _~--- <br />~~ ~ <br />Glenn M. McCarty V <br />~~ <br />District Conservationist <br />