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• Prexnt and Pocen[ial ProductivitX <br />Soil scientists from the Steamboat Springs Conxrvation Service mapped the range sites and <br />estimated the forage production by range unit. Table 5 gives the range site and soil xries name and <br />assodated forage production in pounds per acre per yeaz. <br />Table 5 <br />RANGE & SOIL TYPE TOTAL FORAGE <br /> PRODUCTION <br /> (lbs./acre/yr) <br />Brushy Loam-Rout[ Loam- 2VD 2,500 <br />Deep Loam-unnamed Sandy Loam & Winevada-Splitro 1,800 <br />complex 68C bt X8F <br />Loam Slopes/Brushy Loam complex-Royal Vaziant, 750 <br />Lymanson, Stazman complex-103 <br />Deep Clay Loam~kylick Loam 660 1,500 <br />Potential production for the permit area is good. Using high quality A horizon for reclamation <br />purpoxs, an equal or higher production from each soil type may be ezpected. Most mining zone was <br />• planned to ocurr in the Brushy Loam range type -Routt Loam soil xries. <br />The soil horizons were rated numerially for reclamation ruitability using the following system: <br />Reclamation Quality Ratine <br />Eaallent 11 - 12 <br />Good 10 <br />Fair 8 - 9 <br />Poor < 8 <br />Baxd on the suitability criteria previously described, the A horizon of all soil xries except the Royal <br />Variant Complez of the soils south of County Road 53 were superior to, or equal to, the B and C <br />horizons (Tables 3 and 4). The Routt soil xries A horizon was rated excellent. The B horizon was <br />raced poor in soils north of the county road but was rated good in soils south of the munty road. It <br />appears chat the A horizon of the Routt soils xries would be excellent for ux u topsoil in redamation. <br />The Royal Variant Complez received a good rating on the A horizon on soils south of the county <br />road and a fair rating on soils north of the county road The B horizon received ratings from poor to <br />fair. <br />The Skylick loam A horizon had a fair rating and the B horizon had a poor rating. <br />The unnamed sandy loam A horizon had a rating of ezcellent for the A and Bl horizon, a fair rating <br />. for the B2t + and B3Ca horizons, and a poor Wring for she Ca horizon. <br />The WinevadatiSplitro Complez received an excellent rating on the Al, Bl, and B2 horizons and a good <br />63 <br />