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SOILS There are two differnet soils types mapped within the permit[ boundary. X25A - Dobrow Variant - Becks Variant comple>: D - 3% slopes. The Dobrow Varian[ soil is deep and poorly drained. It fumed in alluvium derived from mixed sources. Typically, tl~e surface layer is dark grayish ' brown or grayish brown stratified sandy loam and loam, 23 inches thick. ~, The upper 5 inches of the underlying material is pale brown sandy loam and the lower part to a depth of 60 inches is light yellowish brown ex- tremely gravelly sand. Depth to sand and gravel ranges from 26 to 40 inches. Permeability is moderately rapid to a depth of 2R inches and rapid below this depth. Available water holding capacity is low. Runoff is slow and hazard of water erosion is slight. Tf~e Becks Varian[ soil is deep and poorly drained. Ic formed in alluvium derived from mixed sources. Typically, the surface laver is dark brown gravelly sandy loam 6 inches thick. The upper 9 inches of the underlying material is brown very gravelly sandy loam and the lower part to a depth of 60 inches is light yellowish brown extremel}' gravelly sand. Permeability is rapid and available water holding capacity is very low. Runoff is slow and hazard of water erosion is slight. A seasonal high water table is at a depth of 5-15 inches in May and June. The water table for the remainder of [he year is at a depth of 30 inches. EXISTING VEGETATION Vegetation found on the site includes brome grasses, quackgrass, kentucky " blue grass, sedges and reed canary grass. Forbs found on the sites include hounds tongue, mullen weed, asters, dadelion. :arrow and whitetop. Shrubs and trees found on the site were narrow leaf cottonwood and willows. Pro- duction on the site was estimated at 1,600 ]bs./ac. air dry weight. SITE PREPEI:ATION `fort of [he site has already had the topsoil removed and sCOCkpiled for futher use. After gravel mining is completed shorelines should be sloped no steeper than 3:1. 't'hen the topsoil spread evenly ever the banks. SEED P1IX b PfULCHING The following is my recommendations for reseeding the gravel pit site. Species Variety % of Mix Lbs./Ac. Streambank ldhea[grass Sodar 50 5.5 ldestern Wheatgrass Arriba 25 4.0 Creeping Wildrye Shoshone 25 4.0 The above seeding rates are based on drilled rates. If tl[e area is broad- cast seeded, increase rate by two. Also along the shorelines willow cuttings should be plugged, one ever 15-20 ft. I/J-2