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1 Mule Creek Gravel Pit ~ironmental Assessment • Page 39 <br /> the upstream side, meadow grass grows right up to the embankment and there is no <br /> defined channel. On the downstream side, outfall from the culvert has created a live <br /> channel, which has incised so that the bottom of the channel is approximately 15 feet <br /> below the road bed. The sides of the access road have eroded so that there aze several <br /> small gullies such that would have to be repaired before lazge vehicles could cross. <br />' i <br />i <br />f <br />i <br /> The azea previously d <br />sturbed dur <br />ng mining operations is approximately 1200 <br />eet <br />n <br /> length, with roughly half the azea upstream (north) and half the azea downstream (south) <br />' of the entrance to the state pazk. The gravel pit originally began at an elevation at or <br /> above the railroad bed, though more recent activities have included removal of material <br /> that was part of the rail bed itself. Mining has progressively consumed more and more of <br />' the hill, so that there is currently an azea of raw, unvegetated, decomposed granite 300 to <br /> 400 feet (or approximately half way) up the hill. All along the top of the cut bank is a <br /> mature stand of trees, which continues over the top ofthe ridge and at least part way <br />' down into the next valley. <br /> Because reclamation of the previously disturbed area was never attempted, the scaz <br />' resulting from the previous mining operations remains a visual eyesore. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />' Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, 1002 Walnut Swte 200, Boulder, CO 80702 <br />