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..~ ~ <br />• <br />:~,'j~ natural establishment of some of the do'*irant species in <br />this area on old waste material dumped here adjacent to <br />the old quarry wor?;ings of the two main areas that were <br />quarried. I am just referring to this foz convenience ae <br />the other area -- they are separated by a slight r3.se. <br />This is the western one to the right off of this slide, <br />this area indicated in the center of the picture, this <br />rcound of very rocky material was apparently dumped here <br />during the original quarry ing operations and the trees <br />..,.. ~~ <br />'~r'•'" and shrub species have become established on it. <br />I will indicate what they are: This la:-ge tree <br />here on the brink here is Rocky Mountain 3uniper, These <br />tern smaller trees are Pinon pine, There are ilounkain <br />Mahogany shrubs, sevexal of them, perhaps sir. or so, and <br />there is at least two ''ucca plants shown on this side of <br />the mound of rubble or waste, Apparently more recently <br />than the original dumping of this a road has been widened <br />showing cutting away of the roots of this Junipe~c, <br />i.,.~ Q I (eye)? <br />A This is a different view of the same mountain <br />taken from roughly ninety degrees. This one was taken <br />from the south and the previous one was taken from the east <br />showing again the two Pinon trees growing and tiie Rocky <br />Mountain Juniper, and I think it is clear to sere this is <br />an unnatural mound in that it was man-made -- 1't did not <br />appear to me to be a natural geologic phenomena, but we <br />have on it occurring what appears to be natural plant <br />succession. The top of the mound is being revegetated <br />' 1271 <br />