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<br />UfJITED Sl"A--ES S0:[I_ F'.O.L~O; _=``~
<br />DEI='ARTME~IT cif CCi~VSEF+'JATIOfJ CF;II'PLc GREEI::,~J:O _~U_~1_~
<br />AGkICULTUFi=. SEkVICr= 715---•c:r'=~-- ~:5Fc~
<br /> July 7 , 1 ;"=~:'?
<br />SUBJECT: Gloria ~ D1in,ng P'errnit, fr'orn 11U to lip F'errnii:
<br />,~g~'~%°~f RF~,ci~i~r
<br />liivisic~n r.~l' hlinera.ls 'r. Gec~li~gY/h1' i-iD
<br />11: Sr~er-roar, st., ~ .`1~°~ ,~II~}C`~~p ,~~~~('~/ JULO
<br />~r f
<br />Division o! tvune~~i~ ~. wu~oyY
<br />To Whom It hlay Cc~ncernc
<br />A.s a r-epresentat i ve of the Te I I er -F'arF: 5~~ i I C:onservat i r.r.
<br />Dr strict, I !-,ave tl-,e fc.llawing c~~mment,s that relate to the
<br />cor:tiriuatiori r.,f the Glc~r'ia ~ hline ~~~~er'ations..
<br />1. ~IIICe 'the inltlal documer',tation tor- tr',e opera'ti?gin wae.
<br />provided ir, 1'r_4 try Penr~is Davids~~n, formerly c~{' tt:is
<br />r,ff i ce, r-ec I a.rnat, r.~r~; revege+,at i on casts have i ncr-eased ar~d
<br />differences in seed cc~st.s, hay rnulchin3 roarer ials, etc.
<br />sr:c~uld cue {:a4:eri ir,t~~ ar.cc~r.rr:+,.
<br />~. The F~revious il'>'C~4r'7 seadln~a rerom,raendation lists s.orne
<br />species wry i ct~ may not perform as we I I a.s I=:rev i ous I y thor.ight,
<br />L- aced r,r~ add i t i nr~a I e:;per i ence ~aa i ned tnrou~ih test p i ots ar~d
<br />rec I amat- i ~~n [~ I an t i n:;s, tine of the test ;grasses i n th:e our
<br />iaour~ta i nous re•.~ i on far" rec I groat i Orr wor-!•: has U' eerr srnr:..i.,h
<br />tn~ orne~ar-ass, whirl-, r,a.s invaded rni nee] I and test ~~~ ~ o*_:s w i thioui;
<br />beiri~ planted. AI=_6, our- racer~t e:;r,erience indicates tr:at
<br />rnc~=.. L- ofr.he w i I dr ye:. I ea.ve soraetr~ i n•a tc. be desired when used
<br />in a mine Iand reclamation rni;;. .A sterile, rhizc~rnatc~us
<br />variety ~~f wildr'ye, r.~f,ich we refer tc~ as "Cripple C:reeF:"
<br />creel_~in~a wi Idrye is about the ~~nly wi Idrye species whicri we
<br />recnrnrnend, but i t i s i n very sh~~r"'t supply a.nd i s r,o t
<br />cc~rnmercially availat~ie. Su3~~est that the Western Wleat•1r355,
<br />the I~iuss,an wi Idrye, ar~d the Ldes~tern Yarrow be =~rnil;te~i from
<br />the Feclarcation Plan, E;;hibit E, sesdlr~3 rni:, and appropriate
<br />arnnun*.s of srnr.,r~±: I-. brr.,rr~e tie adde~J +.c~ i'•:.
<br />_. It ap~~ears tF,at the ernelon control structures--the
<br />diversion +,err-ace=./1=~errns--ar,d tr,e b-uFfer =i:nHS ad Jacer~t to
<br />tl-ie active rnir~iny sites w, I I cc~r~tinue tr. :7o their interidr:d
<br />JVt~S.
<br />•a. -rr:e rest ~~± tr,e per~rnit al.='F'I icat,..r, a.r,d r~eveyetatic~r,
<br />tecr~n i que=_. tr~a.t are p I armed seem r avr.~rab I e tc~ estal~ I i sh i ny
<br />d gc~c~d vEC eta.t i ve c aver uF~on cornC~ et i pr. of rn i r. i ny, For
<br />i nfc~rmat i :nal p:.~r-1=~c~se=_., attached are s~~rne ~jener-a I
<br />rec I groat i r.n recornrnendat i cans +'or the area.
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