PERMFILE128093

• Permit No: M1990021
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/27/1990
• Doc Name: APPLICATION TO COLORADO MLRD FOR VIRGINIA ACRES GRAVEL PIT UNITED CO OF MESA CNTY INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

FEB - 91990
' UNITED COIV'IPANIES
' UNITED STATES SOIL 2754 Compass Drive, Suite 170
DEPARrFMENT OF CONSERVATION Grand Junction, CO 81506
AGRICULTURE SERVICE [phone]

' Fet~ruar'y 7, 1'7'-iii
' Mr-. I'au I McGehee
l.1:=: D ~ I::e Read
Grand Junction, CO _15ir2
' he: Eieed i n3 r-ecornrnendat i can for- revegetat i ran
cif land outside i;Y~e sY~nr'el ire for- rnir~ir~~~
oiler-at i or. I ~~cated a~t " !J Read ar~~i C: 1/L Itic~ad.
~' F'URF'CiE~E
' I t i s tY~e i r~ter~t; i c~ri of tY~e USDA Sri i I C~~r~ser'vat i ~~ri Ser-v i ce 1;0
recornmernj seeding rate, seed pr'epar-at i on, fer-t i I i gat i ~~n, and species
for- the estat~l ishrnent of vegetation nn highly er-~~dit~le or' critically
er-~~dit~le areas.
' ~• O I L
Soi Is in the rninirr~ area have teen found t~~ he L-:i I I in3s Si I*.y
' Clay Learn (L-;r), 1'2-1: inches over- C:i I I ings Clay Loam (L--:a). lJpon
ci~rnpletic~r, ..f tyre rnir~iri~~l r.~F~er ati~~r~, t:~p soi I sl-~c~ulri tie placed over-
defirier~t areas a.t a rnir~irnurn deptY~ ~~F 1'::-;.': ir~cY~es. Sr.~i I_. fc~r- tYie
l:~ I a.r~t i rig area sY~~~u I d tie t.a.4::er~ fr-i~rn t-Y~e f i r-st ].'C:- 1~_ i r~cY~es t~ecause tt~e
' under ly i rig heavy c I ays are I ess con~:Juc i ve to p I ant growtl-~ ar~d are rnt~re
diffir.ult t-~~ till.
FF_F:T I L, I_~E:i RF_C:i iMMENDAT I i~15_
Fort i I I per- st~c~ul d tie p I ace~J ~~r~ areas to be p I anted urn I ess a.
I ab~~r'a ti~r~y so i I test i rid i cotes a.r~ adequate arnc~ur~t ..f ri i t-r-c~ger~ ar~~1
' Ii Y,r~spYirir'lts pr-eser,+, fi~r° tl~e estate I i sY~rner~t c.f vegetat i ori. F"er-t i I i ~er-
rates should Le not less tY~an 40 I t~s of N i tr~~gen (PJ) and 40 I b cif
F'hir~sF~Y~ate (F'e"ii5) active irigr-edier~t Fier- acre. ApF~I icat,ior, ..f LY~ese
~Fer~~ti I izer-s sr~~~ul~-1 tie applied irnrne~Jiately pr-ir.~r t;o seedir~3, a.t tune ~~f
' seeding, car- irnrnediately f~~l Ir~wir~g seeding as appl icahle t~~ 4;irid :~f
fertilizer- ar~d equipment used.
E;EF._I)C:~D F_'FF_f-'AF:.ATIOhI,_ SF_'ElllttG:
'Ihe seedbed sY~nu I d he sett I ed and f i r-rn, but f r i ar.~ I e enr~ugY~ that
seed carp tie placed at rer.omrnended dept)-~s. See~Jbed shoulrJ L-~e
' r-eas~~r~a.t~ ly free ~~f weeds at L irrie of p I a.rit to reduce cc~rnF~et. i't r r~r~ a.t
tune :~i' seedir~~~a emergence. Heavy traf~Fir. areas should he tilled to
t~r-eal::-uF' r-~~~~t i rig r-estr- i ct i ve areas (l~r- 7.~: i r~rY,es deep) , tl'~eri r-c~ I I er--
parl::ed to seedt~ed.