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the underlying material, to approximately 22 inches, is pale brown and light yellowish brown very gravelly sandy loam. The lower portion to a depth of 60 inches is light yellowish brown very gravelly sand. This soil type is not identified as hydric by the USACE. Otero sandy loam is located within a band between the Cascajo and Olney soils trending northwest-southeast along the slope separating the terraces through the Green property. This is a deep, well-drained soil on plains that is formed in mixed outwash and eoGan deposits. The surface layer of this soil is brown sandy loam about ten inches thick The underlying material to a depth of 60 inches is pale brown find sandy loam Otero sandy loam is not listed as a hydric soil by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Olney fine sandy loam is located within the irrigated pasture located on the southwest comer of the Green property. This is a deep, well rained soil on plains formed in mixed outwash deposits. The surface layer, to about ten inches, of the soil is grayish brown fine sandy loam The subsoil is yellowish to very pale brown sandy clay loam to about 14 inches. To a depth of 60 inches is very pale brown fine sandy loam Olney soils are not classified as hydric by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. SURVEY The survey was conducted by randomly crisscrossing the potentially critical orchid habitat within the property. The only area not surveyed was the banks of the Big Thompson River. CONCLUSIONS A pedestrian survey to identify the presence of Spiranthes diluvialis was conducted on July 21 and 24, 2000 by Savage and Savage stall: The survey was conducted in accordance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Survey guidelines and during the period of anthesis of the type population of the orchid in neighboring Boulder County, Colorado. No individuals of Spiranthes diluvialis were found during the survey within the Cro'>ssant and Green properties. 4