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<br /> <br />SECTION G - SOILS AND VEGETATION <br />Soils <br />The predominant soil series, as mapped and surveyed by <br />the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, <br />Greeley, Colorado office, consists of Wet Loamy soils, <br />further defined as Loamy Alluvial-moderately wet, Wet Alluvial, <br />Loamy Alluvial - gravely substrature, and Sandy Alluvial. <br />These soils formed in recent alluvium. <br />This type of soil is moderately shallow, poorly drained <br />soil with a medium textured surface and subsoil. Depth to <br />sand and/or gravel is 10 to forty inches. The soil is <br />mottled from 10 inches downward and may or may not have a <br />water table within 60 inches. The soil is usually moderately <br />saline. Specifically, this soil is not very well suited <br />for usual crop production-cultivation with its use being <br />mainly restricted to pasture, woodland or wildlife, because <br />of wetness, flood hazard and poor drainage. It must be <br />further noted that the above soil is a good potential source <br />of gravel. P.H. factor far the above soils is 7.4-8.4. <br />Conductivity 2-16 Mm-hos/cm. <br />Vegetation <br />The present native vegetation cover is scattered with <br />some cottonwoods as dominant tree species. <br />In the Appendix of this report is a list of vegetation <br />as presently exists. Also see physical features map in the <br />Appendix. <br />ReveQetation <br />The following revegetation program will be initiated, <br />as recommended and suggested by local Soil Conservation <br />District, Greeley office. <br />The shoreline areas (banks) will be properly sloped <br />(minimum 3:1) and revegetated immediately to prevent water <br />and wind erosion. Seeding of all areas will consist of <br />alkali sacton, western wheatgrass and switchgrass, at 7.1 pounds <br />per acre rate. A firm seedbed will be established and a <br />grass drill will be used. Any future livestock grazing <br />program will be controlled by fencing (barbed wire or <br />electric) to prevent any undue overgrazing of newly seeded <br />areas. A copy of the seeding recommendation is incorporated <br />as part of this report and appears in the Appendix of this <br />report. <br />-8- <br />