2004-11-09_REVISION - M2000016 (4)

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wheatgrass, and tall fescue aze suitable for seeding. They can be seeded into a clean, firm seedbed. Seedbed prepazation usually requires more than 1 yeaz to eliminate the saltgrass sod. A grass drill should be used. Seeding early in spring has proven most successful. Wetland wildlife, especially waterfowl, utilizes this unit. The wetland plants provide nesting and protective cover, as well as food. The nearby irrigated cropland, where wildlife obtain much of their food and find protective cover, makes this unit valuable to both wetland and openland wildlife. Open land wildlife, especially pheasant, uses this unit for cover and nesting. Deer find excellent cover in some areas. These valuable wildlife azeas should be protected from fire and Fenced to prevent encroachment and overuse by livestock. They should not be drained. These soils have good potential as a source of sand and gravel. Capability subclass Viw; Salt Meadow range site. 8 -Ascalon loam, 0-1 % slopes This is a deep, well drained soil on terraces at elevation of 4500 to 4900 feet. It formed in alluvium deposited by the major rivers in the survey area. Included in mapping aze small areas where sand and gravel are with in a depth of 60 inches. Also included aze small azeas of soils that have a clay loam subsoil. Typically, the surface layer of this Ascalon soil is brown loam aboutl0 inches thick. The subsoil is brown and yellowish brown sandy clay loam about 15 inches thick. The substratum to a depth 60 inches is calcareous sandy loam. Permeability is moderate. Available water capacity is high. The effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Surface runoff is slow, and the erosion hazazd is low. This soil is used almost entirely for irrigate crops. It is suited to all crops commonly grown in the area, including corn, sugar beets, beans alfalfa, small grain, potatoes, and onion. An example of a suitable cropping system is 3 to 4 years of alfalfa followed by corn, corn for silage, sugar beets, small grain, or beans. Few conservation practices are needed to maintain top yields. All methods of irrigation aze suitable, but fun•ow irrigation is the most common. Barnyard manure and commercial fertilizer are needed for top yields. Windbreaks and environmental plantings are generally well suited to this soil. Cultivation to control competing vegetation should be continued for as many yeazs as possible following planting. Trees that are best suited and have good survival are Rocky Mountain juniper, eastern redcedar, ponderosa pine, Siberian elm, Russian-olive, and hackberry. The shrubs best suited aze skunkbush sumac, lilac, Siberian peashrub, and American plum. Wilildlife is an important secondary use of this soil. The cropland azeas provide favorable habitat for ring-necked pheasant and mourning dove. Many non-game species can be Ft. Lupton Pit OMG !12 Permit Page 37 of 8/