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UIJITED STATES Su i I <br />UEF'AF;TMENT CiF Conser'vat i on 4'~~ East Fi r•st <br />\ AGRICULTURE Service 'fr-inidad, C:O c:11:1_:S <br />h1r. William T. Davis <br />RirnRocL; Goal C:ornparry <br />F•.o. ~:~,:~ X13,_.11 Exhibit H (e) <br />Denver, C:U 31%r~'~:%f <br />Dear- Mr•. Davis, <br />I am wr• i t i rrg you i n r•egar-ds tr, your- request far- Ass i s.tarrce to- <br />ward developrner~t cif a strip coal rnir~e ire Las Animas C:ourrty;C:olorado. <br />I Y~ave wor•I:ed up two (~) Range <br />the Ayon-C:apul in (AC) soi Is co;nple:: <br />pr-ever~t i ri the AG comp I e;:. They ar•e <br />Range sites. TF~ese i rrver~tor'y sheets <br />try weight (air- dr-y) r.f ttie grass, t <br />each range site. <br />condition inventr.~r•y sheets within <br />which cr.~ver- tF~e two? r•ar~ge sites <br />C:asalt L-~reaks ar~d Loarny F'lair~s <br />show the per•cer~tage of cc~rnpos i t i orr <br />•ees, fc~rt~s, arr~i srir•ut~s pr•eserrt ire <br />In the Gasa I t L-~r-ear:s r-arrge sites, I carne up with a t.?ta I of l~~i: <br />of what I wc~u I d cons i der- to tie Woody [~ I ants or- Woo.ay Ve-aetat i ori, <br />There ar-e no so i I s ~..~ i th i n the proposed permit ar-e <br />cons i der-ed by Sc. i I <br />p r'irne far'rn land. <br />Ire C'c~lor-adu hiirie Lard Reclarnatior~ Divisic.r~'s letter- tc~ you <br />dated 4/~5/;`~ under- rule '~.43E~ .:'(5) they have stated that you may <br />Y~ave as rnuch~ as twn (~) feet of useat~ I e top so i I ava i I ate I e far- use <br />i r~ rec I arnat i nri. <br />I thr i r~l;• thiat they a:-e c ons i der- i rig a I I sc~ i I at~ove r-ocl: or' par'er~t <br />mater- i a l as tie i rrg top soil . <br />Iri Lee Neve's four- (4) site ~iescr-i;.•tior~ wtrichr ar-e attached, hie <br />sh:~ws fr-orn to ir~ch~es of what S.C:.S. would consider- to tie top <br />s4~1 I pr-e5erit. <br />I feel that if you could plate your- disturt~ed areas withr <br />appr-c~;;irnately four (4) inches of tip soi I once yc~u have started <br />yi~ur• r-ec I arnat i c~ri wor-I::, thrat woo I d be sufficient. <br />I have taken the I iberty of worl;irig up a native r-ar~ge seeding <br />rni::tur-e for- your- estat~l ish~rnerrt of per-rnarierit vegetative cover- and also <br />r-eccc~rnendat i c~r~s for- terr~pc.r-ar-y cover- on y:~ur tc~p so i I stc~c4: F' i I es <br />which are attached. <br />I hope the at~ove ir~fc~r-rnatinr~ wi I I be c.f use to you. Please <br />feel free to contact us if you have ar~y question r-egar-dirig any <br />of this: <br />Si ~cer-ely <br />/v -~-e-Q G~~r3 ~-- <br />L-:i I I Watsc•rr <br />District C:c.r~servatior~ist <br />