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38 - Fughes loam <br />MAJOR USES <br />Wildlife, recreation, livestock grazing <br />MAJOR MANAGEMENT FACTORS <br />Recreation <br />Soil-related factors: high shrink-swell potential, slow permeability, clayey subsurface sail textures. <br />Management considerations: <br />Revegetate disturbed areas at the construction sites as soon as possible to reduce the hazard of <br />soil erosion. <br />The effects of shrinking and swelling can be minimized by using proper engineering designs. <br />Higher construction and maintenance costs should be expected on this unit. <br />Stockpile topsoil and use it to reclaim areas disturbed during construction. <br />Rangeland <br />Soil-related factors: slow permeability <br />• Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: western wheatgrass, Letterman's <br />needlegrass, muttongrass, slender wheatgrass <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 2,000 to 3,000 pounds per acre <br />Management considerations: <br />Proper grazing use helps to maintain the quality and quantity of preferred rangeland vegetation. <br />Brush management improves deteriorated areas of range that are producing more woody shrubs <br />than were present in the potential plant community. <br />Range seeding may be needed if the proportion of the preferted forage plants has decreased. <br />Woody shrubs may hinder range seeding efforts. <br />INTERPRETIVE GROUPS <br />Land capability classification: Vle <br />Range site: Deep Clay Loam <br />Plant Association: erc am Iii Svmohoricarvas oreoohilis-Artemisia tridentate <br />~~ <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 11 <br />