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~ - S~ow~oo So~N Cosso~o~~oo ~~51~ <br />FRED C. MILLER, PRESIDENT Admin. Coordinator- Patrice Mosher {970) 323-5091 <br />To: Greg Lewicki and Associates <br />11541 Warrington Court <br />Parker, CO 80138 <br />Re: Project # DPF 050-2 (5) <br />West Side of Cerro Summit <br />Bellgardt Unit <br />As requested this report addresses the Shawano Soil Conservation <br />District (SSCD) concerns about the proposed operation using <br />information provided by the Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service (NRCS). NRCS made an on-site investigation on June <br />• 18~ ~ 2002 . <br />The original site investigation was made of the Bellgart Unit in <br />January 1977. The soil and vegetation have not changed <br />significantly in the past 25 years. A copy of that investigation <br />is included with this report along with recommendations £rom CSU <br />and NRCS for reclamation sites. This site is in Major Land <br />Resource Area (MLRA) 35 and below 6,500 £eet in elevation. <br />This area still £its the MRCS definition o£ a pinyon-juniper <br />woodland site. These two trees species constitute the over-story <br />while the following list of plants can be in the under-story: <br />big sage brush, serviceberry, mountain mahogany, prickly pear <br />cactus, Douglas rabbitbrush, galleta grass, bottlebrush <br />squirreltail grass, beardless wheatgrass, cheatgrass, penstomen <br />and hairy gold aster. <br />The sides should be sloped to no more than 3:1 where feasible <br />and blended into the existing landscape. Re-vegetation of all <br />disturbed sites should take place. Two seeding mixtures are in <br />the recommendations from CSU and NRCS for this site, Erosion can <br />be reduced on these steep slopes by using water bars and <br />• terracing the land. <br />