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E~• United States I P. 0. BOR 4~1~ <br />e~~= Department of Conservation <br />'~ Agriculture Service LAMAR, CO 81052 <br />Ootober 20, 1981 <br />Lloyd P. "Buck" Ba~hnrt <br />3 Sedgy Court <br />Pueblo, CO 81001 <br />Dear Sir: <br />In response to your request for an addemsa to the Yalco Weat pit <br />reclaiaation plan, I sunit the followins inforastioa. <br />A. On heavy soils: <br />Add tail fescue to the dz - Festuce arandinacea (lilts variety) <br />at a rate of 8~ PLS/Ac, and Alkali, saoaton Steorobolu airoidee <br />at a rate of 1# PLS/Ac. <br />B. Or eandv eoiles <br />Add Saooth broae - Brous irex~ie (Lincoln or Marcher varieties) <br />at a rate of 13# PLS Ac. aad Western wheatiraee - Arrotmron <br />eaithii (Barton) at a rate of 16# PLS/Ac. <br />I believe that the =oat adaptable tree species for plaatins along the <br />pits would be Russian olive xhich can survive in a wide variety of <br />environmental conditions. <br />Sincerely. <br />Ted T. Buchaaaa <br />SCS, Lamar <br />O Tne Soil Conservation Sarv~ce <br />`J ie en eBencY of Ifte 30 ~ S ~ <br />Department of Apricullure <br />