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39 -Fughes loam <br />• <br /> <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 soil 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 />Range seeding may be needed if the proportion of the preferred forage plants has decreased. <br />INTERPRETIVE GROUPS <br />Land capability classification: Vle <br />Fughes <br />Range site: Deep Ctay Loam Pfant Association: Quercus ambelii Symohoricaroos oreo hi is- <br />rtemisi tri enta <br />Soils Description Report -West EIk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC <br />73 <br />