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/24 Sandy Plains MLRA 67 and 77 <br />2. Wildlife <br />~C This site has a high potential for wildlife habitat because of the <br />~. great variety and abundance of grasses and forbs produced. The site <br />provides habitat, at least for part of the year, for coyote, antelope, <br />mule deer, jackrabbit, cottontail, upland gamebirds, non-gamebirda, <br />small mammals and reptiles. <br />' 3. Watershed (Hydrologic Interpretation) <br />Soils in this site are grouped into "B" hydrologic group, as outlined <br />' in the "Soils of Colorado Losa Factors and Erodibility Hydrologic <br />Groupings 1979", handbook. Field investigations are needed to deter- <br />mine hydrological cover cond~tiona and hydrologic curve numbers. The <br />hydrologic curve number for group B soil is about 61 when hydrologic <br />conditions are good, as shown in "Peak Flows in Colorado" handbook. <br />Refer to SCS National Engineering Handbook, Section 4, to determine <br />runoff quantities from the curves. <br />4. Recreation and Natural Beauty <br />' Thia site has many forbs and some shrubs that bloom from early spring <br />to early summer, which are aesthetically pleasing. Hunting for upland <br />' gamebirds, cottontail rabbit, jackrabbit and antelope is generally <br />good to excellent on thin Bite. <br />5. Threatened and Endangered Plants and Animals <br />The leaser prairie chicken may inhabit this site. <br />6. Mal or Poisonous Plants to Livestock <br />Common Scientific Season Animals <br />Name Name Dangerous Affected <br />wooly Astragalus Plante appear early all animals, <br />' locoweed molliesimus in the spring. All but chiefly <br />parts of the plant horses <br />are toxic. <br />Effect Upon Animals <br />Poisoning is cumulative. 4/ Signs of poisoning are loss of <br />flesh, irregular gait, lose of sense of direction, nervousness, <br />weakness, withdrawal from other animals. loss of muscular <br />control and violent actions when disturbed. <br />4/ "Cumulative" poisoning effect increases in severity by successive additions <br />of the poisonous plant. Symptoms appear weeks or months after poisonous <br />plants are first eaten. <br />~~ <br />... -5- <br />