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• III Illllllllllll III • -~ - ~g - ors <br />999 <br />JUNE 30, 1991 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />1313 SHERMAN $TREET <br />Roots 215 <br />DENVER, COLORADO <br />80203 <br />ATTN. BARBARA CHIAPPONE <br />~.c1d (Sr,~~2.fs3 , <br />RE. TECHNICAL REVISION - COMMON SEED MIX <br />OPERATOR: <br />MOFFAT COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT <br />P.O. Box 667, <br />CRAIG, COLORADO 81626 <br />CONSULTANT: <br />MARVIN MOORE <br />15JO RANNEY $TREET <br />CRAIG, COLORADO ~Q,,,,~~.~,t,..~- y1y9 <br />81625 ;~ a ~~~ <br />DEAR BARBARA: <br />~~~~~~' <br />AUG R ±gg~ <br />t'Cia:natiCr 171bISiCr; <br />ON BEHALF OF THE MOFFAT COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT I WOULD <br />LIKE TO REQUEST A TECHNICAL REVISION IN THE SEED-MIX <br />FORMULAS IN THE EXISTING RECLAMATION PLANS IN THE ACTIVE GRAVEL <br />MINING PERMITS THAT MOFFAT COUNTY HAS ON FILE WITH YOUR <br />OFFICE. CA LIST IS ATTACHED MARKED EXHIBIT 'A') <br />THE PREFERRED SEED-MIX FORMULA IS AS FOLLOWS: <br />15 PLS ~LBS)IACRE PUBESCENT WHEATGRASS <br />14 PLS ~LBS)IACRE INTERMEDIATE WHEATGRASS <br />lO PLS ALBS/ACRE RUSSIAN WILDRYE <br />IN EQUAL PROPORTIONS TO BE SEEDED AT THE RATE OF 13 LBSIACRE <br />DRILLED, OR 26 LBSIACRE BROADCAST. <br />NARRATIVE <br />WE ARE IN NEED OF A COMMON SEED-MIX THAT WILL BE <br />EFFECTIVE ON ALL OF OUR PITS SO THAT WE CAN BRING OUR <br />RECLAMATION ACTIVITY INTO A MANAGEABLE PLAN. OUR PRESENT <br />SEED-MIX FORMULAS VARY FROM ONE WHEATGRASS VARIETY TO A <br />MIXTURE OF 6 DIFFERENT SEED SPECIES ON A SINGLE PIT. THE <br />PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH RECLAIMING A SMALL PORTION OF <br />SEVERAL PITS IN ONE YEAR WITH DIFFERENT SEED-MIX FORMULAS ON <br />EACH PIT IS OBVIOUS. (19 ACTIVE PITS WITH MORE TO BE FILED) <br />