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17 - Breece loam <br />MAJOR MANAGEMENT FACTORS <br />Cropland <br />Soil-related factors: moderate hazard of water erosion, coarse texture <br />Management considerations: <br />Shortness of the growing season may limit yields and the choice of crops. <br />Care is necessary to prevent wind and water erosion. <br />Maintaining the content of organic matter is important. <br />Because of the coarse texture, frequent application of irrigation water is necessary. <br />Using green manure crops, returning crop residue to the soil, good management of irrigation water, <br />using grasses and legumes in rotation, land leveling, and minimum tillage will help to maintain <br />organic matter and control erosion. <br />Recreation <br />Soil-related factors: coarse texture, moderate hazard of water erosion. <br />Management considerations: <br />C~ <br />Revegetate disturbed areas at the construction sites as soon as possible to reduce the hazard of <br />soil erosion. • <br />Stockpile topsoil and use it to reclaim areas disturbed during <br />construction. <br />Rangeland <br />Soil-related factors: coarse texture, rapid permeability, moderate available water capacity, <br />moderate hazard of water erosion <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: western wheatgrass, basin wildrye, prairie <br />junegrass, needlegrass, bluegrass, arizona fescue <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 1,500 to 2,000 pounds per acre <br />Management considerations: <br />Proper grazing use helps to maintain the quality and quantity of preferred rangeland vegetation. <br />Range seeding may be needed if the proportion of the preferred forage plants has decreased. <br />• <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 8 <br />