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96:0911990 14:09 FROM To 13038328106 P.07 <br />Page 4 <br />Suns 7, 1890 <br />Snyder Correction Actions <br />Bruce Humphries <br />4• In early May a saowstorm dropped 2 feet of avow on <br />the Bite. This so thoroughly saturated the soil Pinai <br />grading and topaoiling had to be delayed two K0elC9 while tae <br />slopes dried out so equipment could be placed on the sit de. <br />As I am sure you are aware from your past experience is <br />.reclamation planning of coal strip mines, grading steep <br />410D9a that are noarly'satursted usually causes more <br />problems than it solves. Although the trees is Williams <br />Canyon could 'nave been planted, it seemed more efficient to <br />do all the tree planting at one time on all Gress. This <br />mskes monitoring and comparison ox success rates an the •:wo <br />areas more useful for future applications. <br />Tt is Castle's intent to complete all the work by tiie <br />deadline this fall. I am sure'you can underetacd that this <br />project was not s small one or a simple one. Furtheraore, <br />the roreather patterns in Colorado Spriggs, especially in is ila <br />spring, can sometimes be downright vicious. The May <br />snowstorm sli but shut down the entire lower Arkansas Va:.ley <br />and Colorado Springs. But, that snowstorm, for alI of tics <br />problems it caused, also relieved a drought problem <br />trtroughoui the region. Throughout the region the vegetal,ion <br />ie in better condition than it has been in years. In some <br />places along the Arkansas River, pasture production is t:•uly <br />spectacular. <br />Thank you for your consideration and if you have any <br />questions, please call. <br />Res~pec~jtfully, <br />Mark A, iieifner <br />