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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />P. 0. Box 749, Alamoaa, Colorado 81101 <br />auly 28, 1977 <br />F7intkote Company <br />P. 0. Box 80 <br />Coaldale, Colorado 81222 <br />Attention: Mr. Ken Klco <br />Dear Ken: <br />_ There has been such a delay in getting this material to you, it will <br />almost qualify as ancient history. I do apologize for the delay and <br />hope that my assistance to you and your company will be more prompt <br />in the future. <br />I'm going to develop this material in four parts which will more or <br />less coincide with the four types of problem sites we visited. <br />Since both Bruce McCullough and Dave Patch have reviewed the soils <br />data with you and given you a soils map and appropriate description, <br />I won't devote much of this report to soils, but will limit it pri- <br />marily to the establishment of vegetation. The four "sites" to be <br />covered are: <br />1. Steep faces - raw gypsum <br />2. Steep slopes having some soil material <br />3. Gentle slopes - eligible for some shaping <br />4. Borrow areas <br />I. Steen faces - Raw Gypsum <br />As you well know these steep faces are going to be very difficult - <br />if not impossible - to treat. The raw gypsum is practically void <br />of any fertility or plant nutrients. Etiren the naturally exposed areas <br />are barren and void of any appreciable plant cover. Attempts to re- <br />vegetate or partially stabilize these areas would be done as follows: <br />1. Select areas which exhibit considerable fracturing. <br />These areas would permit better moisture conditions and <br />would be more favorable for root growth, or <br />2. If possible, construct a trench across the slope. A <br />"P' type trench or bench could be used as a planting <br />area and plantings would be in strips down the slope, or <br />3. Dig pits at random on the slopes and plant in these pits. <br />0 <br />