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~t <br />i__, <br />.--•~1 Unitea States <br />Department of <br />.~~Ji, Agnculture <br />..~ <br />SO1~ 690 Industrial Blvd. <br />Conservation <br />Service Delta , <br />Co. 81416 <br />Oct. 13, 1.983 <br />Kathy Gordon, Environmental Specialist <br />Colorado tJestmoreland Inc. <br />P.O. Box E <br />Paonia, Co. 81428 <br />303-527-4135 <br />RE: Soils, range and vegetative information for the fallowing <br />Six areas: <br />1. Morrell Cow Camp <br />2. Stevens Gulch <br />3. Terror Creek <br />4. East Roatcap <br />5. West Roatcap <br />6. Long Draw <br />•,pl; <br />Dear Miss Gordon, <br />Today we visited these sites, except for the upper area of Terror Creek. We <br />drove the area in a 4-wheel drive Bronco in low range on Jeep trails much of <br />the time. <br />(1) Morrell Cow Camp and (?_) Stevens gulch: <br />The soils are mapped as Delson loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes in the Paonia <br />Area Soil Survey, January 1981. <br />One might get the impression from the narrative description that the stony <br />alluvium was laid in on nearly level grades. But the lay of the land is far <br />from that. There are small hills 20 to 26 feet in height with basaltic rock <br />and stones thru-out the delineated area of Delson Loam. <br />The vegetation consists mainly of Gambel oak, sage brush, service berry and <br />a good covering of native grasses and perennial weeds. Parts of the area are <br />dominated by the grasses, weeds and (orbs. The area has historically been <br />used for livestock grazing with winter deer and elk use. <br />The land is not suitable for cultivated crop production and no irrigation <br />water is available for supplemental irrigation. Spring snow melt does run <br />down across the low places. The rough topography, steepness of slope and <br />surface stoniness prohibit intensive cultivation on any major scale. <br />i• <br />,~~ s~, a~,...a~,~„ s-~.,« <br />scs ns-, <br />