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CYUIRIT n <br />f~•E Uniled States Soil <br />-..F Department of Conservation <br />. Agriculture Service <br />4302 W. 9th St. Road, Greeley, CO. 80634 <br />Lavern C. Nelson, P.E. <br />Nelson Engineers <br />Greeley National Plaza <br />822 7th Street <br />Greeley, CO. 80631 <br />Dear Mr. Nelson: <br />i• <br />October 13, 1981 <br />Please find enclosed the information you requested regarding the reclamation <br />of nine borrow pits located throughout Weld County, Colorado. <br />I have divided the areas into two distinct types according to soil and range <br />site capabilities and a separate seeding recommendation will be required for <br />each. Descriptions of soils and range sites have been enclosed for your <br />review. <br />The first group of sites includes: <br />962 - Bash or - SW's 18-T10N-R61W <br />~t3 - Arnusch - SF}4 23-T1N-R63W <br />~kl - Hillman - SW's 32-T11N-R59W <br />~i8 - Lamont - SW's 17-T4N-R61W <br />Soils on these sites are generally deep, well drained, sandy alluvium, and <br />the species and rates to be seeded are as follows: <br />Species Variety % in Mixture Seeding Rate <br />Prairie sandreed <br />Sand bluestem <br />Switchgrass <br />*PLS Pure Live Seed <br />Goshen 30 1.95 lbs/Ac PLS* <br />Elida 40 6.40 lbs/Ac PLS <br />Nebraska 28 30 1.35 1bs/Ac PLS <br />TOTAL 9.70 lbs/Ac PLS <br />0 <br />