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• sagebrush. Reclamation potential is rated good. <br />Cummulic Cryaquolls (Al•;) <br />Refer to Description of .the Environment, page <br />EII-23, Site-Specific :,nalysis, P:orthwest Color_do <br />Coal Regional Environmental Statement. <br />Soil Asscciatior` <br />Argic Cryoborolls, loamy - Cryic Paleborolls, loamy <br />(59) <br />Refer to Appendix D, Soils, I:orthwest Colorado Co a'_ <br />Regional Environmental .Statement. <br />1, Re^_lz~aticr. Po*.er.tial <br />Based on average ra_^fall of 16-2D" in this are_, <br />• relatively good soils for reclamation (Table 6), <br />soil depths of 10" and pzst reclamation by ^cne^gy <br />Fuels on adjacent mine indicate good reclamation <br />potential of C-22644 and C-25913. The area sho~.+n <br />in the photos (Figure 6) was mined prior to 197a <br />and recontoured, topsoiled and seeded in 1976. Pro- <br />duction data on an air dryed basis xas 783 G/acre <br />in 1976 and 897 U/acre in 1978. This difference on <br />production is not in itself significant. What is <br />significant is that the 1976 data reflected 257 <br />0/acre of grasses with 'the balance comprised of <br />xeeds, and volunteer wheat and oats, xhile in 1978 <br /> <br />54 <br /> <br />