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USDA United States <br />Department of <br />Agriculture <br />Telephone: (970) 723724 <br />March 2, 2000 <br />Natural Resources Walden Field Office <br />Conservation 100 Main Street <br />Service P. O. Box 649 <br />(NRCS) Walden, CO 80480 <br />http:/hvww.co.nres.usda.gov Fax: (870) 723709 <br />Dennis Gale, District Engineer <br />USDA Forest Service <br />210 S. 6th Street, P.O. Box 1210 <br />Kremmling, Colorado 80459 <br />Dear Dennis, <br />I received a copy of your Reclamation Permit Application for the <br />Construction Materials Limited Impact Operation located on Cod~+h <br />Company land in the SE 1/4, SE1/4 of Section 13, T11N, R80W, 6 <br />PM, Jackson County, Colorado. You have requested a reclamation <br />seed mix recommendation from me. <br />According to the Soil Survey of Jackson county Area, Colorado, <br />the site includes approximately 7 acres of (Oc) Owen Creek sandy <br />loam and (Bw) Bowen gravelly sandy loam. Both of these soils are <br />a Rocky Loam range site (range site no. 229). This recommended <br />seed mix was determined using the potential plant community found <br />in the Rocky Loam range site description. Seed of potential <br />native species not normally commercially available were not <br />recommended. Recommended seeding rates are found in Colorado <br />Agronomy Tech Note #61, Seeding Rates. <br />Species Percent of Mix ~'PLS/Acre <br />Western wheatgrass 25 16.0 <br />Blueblunch wheatgrass 25 14.0 <br />Needle-and-thread 25 15.0 <br />Indian ricegrass 25 12.5 <br />This seed mix is suitable for stockpiled topsoil or final <br />reclamation of the site. <br />Sincerely, -7 <br />J./Allen White <br />istrict conservationist <br />The Natural Resources Conservation Service works handanfiand whh <br />the American people to conxrve natural resources an private lends AN EOUAL OPPROTUNITY PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER <br />