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<br />2.04.9 <br />RESPONSE continued <br />Present and Potential Productivity <br />Soil scientists from the Steamboat Springs office of the Soil <br />Conservation Service mapped the range sites of the permit area <br />and estimated the forage production in association with each soil <br />unit. Table 5 gives the range site and soil series name and <br />associated forage production in pounds per acre per year. <br />Table 5 <br />• <br />Range and Soil Type <br />Brushyloam-Routt Loam - 2VD <br />Deep Loam-Unnamed Sandy Loam and <br />Winevada-Splitro Complex 68C and X8F <br />Loam Slopes/Brushy Loam Complex- <br />Royal Variant, Lymanson, Starman <br />Complex-103 <br />Deep Clay Loam-Skylick Loam 660 <br />Total Forage Production <br />(lbs./acre/year) <br />2,500 <br />1,800 <br />750 <br />1,500 <br />Potential production for the permit area is good. Using high <br />quality A horizon as topsoil an equal or higher production from <br />each soil type may be expected. Most of the mining zone is in <br />the Brushy Loam range type - Routt Loam soil series. <br />The soil horizons were rated numerically for reclamation suit- <br />ability using the following system: <br />Reclamation Quality Rating <br />Excellent 11-12 <br />Good 10 <br />Fair 8-9 <br />Poor Less than 8 <br />• Based on the suitability criteria, the A horizon of all soil series <br />except the Royal Variant Complex of the soils south of County <br />