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Fremont Soil Conservation District <br />248 Dozier Ave. -Canon City, Colorado 81212 <br />Phone (719) 275-4465 Ext. 101 <br />E-mail - fremontscd@amigo.net <br />Board of Supervisors <br />Joan Adair, President <br />Marvin Garrett, V. Pres. <br />John Sandefur, Sec.lrres. <br />David Patch, Member <br />Linda Stone, Member <br />Vacant, Alternate <br />June 26, 2002 <br />Environmental Alternatives Inc. <br />Angela Bellantoni <br />113 Latigo Land #D-324 <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br />RE: Site -Ranchland Dev. LLC (Peetz) <br />Plant species found on site <br />~~ ~ l~oav <br />~a~ <br />tP <br />This report deals with a proposed rock quarry site on the Peetz ranch in extreme southeastern <br />Fremont County. <br />The 40 acre tract being considered is the SW4 SE4 of Sec 24, T20S - R68W 6`s PM. Native rock <br />for landscape uses will be mined from the Ft Hays and Codell formations. This inventory of <br />existing native plants is needed to plan for post-mining reclamation.. <br />Native plants found on site 6/18/02. <br />Grasses -Little bluestem, sideoats grams, blue grams, hairy grams (on gravel areas), ring <br />muhley (Muhlenbergia), sand dropseed, and red three-awn. Other grasses such as <br />needleandthread, and bottlebrush squirreltail are probably present though now unseen. <br />Forbs - Cryptantha, skeleton weed, dwarf vetch, locos and several composites. No doubt many <br />other forbs aze present though now not seen due to severe drought conditions this year. <br />Shrubs and trees -Broom snakeweed, buckwheat brush, Bigelow sage, skunkbush sumac, four <br />wing saltbush, hop tree, prickly peaz and cholla cacti and scattered one seed juniper aze among <br />the plants present. <br />CONSERVATION -DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT <br />