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<br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />AGRICULTURE <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />CONSERVATION <br />SERVICE <br /> <br />1626 HIGHWAY 50 WEST <br />PUEBLO, CO 81008 <br />(719)-543-8384 <br />(719) 545-4835 FAY <br />Date: 1/29/98 <br />Inventory and Evaluation for Kirkland Construction, Pantaleo Pit <br />Conservationist: Rhoades / Fortman <br />Location: Section 17 T215 R61W (slopes) <br />Soils: Cascajo very gravelly sandy loam, 5 - 25% slopes <br />Pueblo Area Soil survey map sheet 25 and 26 <br />Range Site: Gravel Breaks <br />Plant % composition by weight (air-dry) <br />Grasses % Forbs % <br />blue grama 39 plains prickly pear T <br />sideoats grama 10 stickleaf mentzelia T <br />sand dropseed 5 annuals 5 ; <br />hairy tridens 20 Nuttall evolvulus 1 <br />ring muhly i5 <br />red three awn 1 <br />galleta 2 <br />Shrubs <br />small soapweed (yucca) T <br />snakeweed T <br />sand sagebrush 2 <br />T = trace <br />Annual herbage production estimate for this area was estimated at <br />150 to 250 pounds per acre of air dry forage. Range condition was <br />estimated to be fair. Basal vegetation density was estimated at 5 to <br />10% <br />