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<br />._. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRfCULTURE
<br />Soll Consarvaelon Service. Colorado
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<br />"' Technical Guide RANGE SITE N0. 206
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<br />'~" SaetlOn ll E Field Office
<br />December 1975
<br />~. RANGE SITE DESCRIPTION
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<br />Land Resource Area: Southern Rocky Mountain Foothills (4g?
<br />A. PHYSfCAL CHARACTERISTICS
<br />• ,..,..`,. 1. Phrslooravhic Features
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<br />:'f~ad. rFoa~4r(.t(t'~ai'imum resched.during-the` summer months.
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