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~xk~b~} ~ ~ ~ SHAVANO SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT do Leater Jones 60489 Cernatlon Road Olathe, Colorado 81425 Pat Warren Montrose County Planner Montrose, Colorado July 15, 1987 This report was developed with information provided by the Soil Conservation Service. It concerns vegetation and revegetation of the gravel extraction area located on the John Soderquist Ranch, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, of Section 29, T48N, R6W• The present cover vegetation on site consists mainly of some weedy species, foxtail barley, quakgrass, wooley mullen, cheatgrass, stinging nettles, Kentucky bluegrass, and narrowleaf cottonwoods and willows. The off site species are Gambel oakbrush, snowberry, lupine, service- berry, hairy goldaster, big sagebrush, western wheatgrass, and bottlebrush squirreltail• Since this is a re-opening of an older pit, no topsoil remains to scrape off and stockpile. However, there is enough soil mixed into the gravel to provide revegetation of the site. i Our recommendations for revegetation would be to reduce all slopes to at least 2:1, 3:1 would be even better. After this is done, seeding can take place. A mixture of smooth brome grass, orchard grass and clover or alfalfa would work real well for this area. Since this only covers 1 to 1.5 acres, 15 lbs. of Manchar smooth brome, 2 lbs. of Latar orchard grass and 1 lb• of either red clover or alfalfa would be sufficeint to reseed the pit. The seed, after broadcasting, should be covered slightly by dragging a harrow or something similar over the site. Seeding should take place sometime after October 15• This will eed from germinating and then winter-killing- These recommendations should the site. If you have any mended, please contact the Res ectfully, ~~~ L ster Jone Chairman be sufficient to restore questions about whats recom- Soil Conservation Service.