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11/16/1999 16:3? 719845©5:5 USDA TAAD PG3E D5 <br /> <br /> -5- Limestone Breaks /58 <br />(~ <br />Q _ Primarily the grass species are warm Beason and grazing preference <br /> is summer. Kay palatable warm season graeaes~ere little bluestem <br /> and aideoats grams. New Mexico nsedlegraes is readily grazed out if <br /> grazing seasons are early spring and deferment La no[.acheduled. <br /> Palatability of chase species declines in late summer ae naturlty <br /> nears. lilnter forage value is good. Care moat be taken not to over <br /> graze the valuable species such ae little blueatem. Shis site will <br /> benefit from a planned grating system Involving a well executed <br /> summer deferment. Varying the eeeeon~of grazing.uee in pastures in <br /> successive yeace will help maLntain a healthy well balanced plant <br /> communityv "Mechanienl~damage can decor to grazing animals from New <br />• Mexico needlegraea if grazed. during seed ripening. •Management <br /> should plan grazing ao that grazing is prior to .aced maturity or <br /> after seed shatter to avoid mechanical damage to 'livestock. <br />, <br />2. flood Products <br />This Bite 'can yield numerous lanes poste and fire wood where the <br />density of Juniper het increased and now exceeds the plant density <br />for the potential plant community. This happens there natural fLre <br />hoe been controlled and heavy grazing use has taken place. <br />3. Wildlife <br />This site has good wildlife habitat potential for foraging. The <br />ry tree species and general undulating topography provide good cover. <br />The baisace of grasses, forbe, and.shrube Drovide good winter forage <br />end habitat for scale quell, roadrunners, cottontail. rabbits, deer <br />and antelope. <br />4. Watcrahed (Hydrologic Iaterpretatione) <br />5oile of the site are grcuped into "b" hydrologic groups, ae <br />outlined in the "Soils of Colorado Loaa Factors aad Srodibility <br />Hydrologic Groupings 1979" handbook. Field inveatlgatioaa are <br />needed to detecnine hydrologic curve numbers. The hydrologic curve <br />numbers for group D is about 84 when the hydrologic canditione are <br />good, as shown in "Peak Flows in Colorado" handbook. <br />Refer to SCS National Engineering 9andboak, Section 4 to deteruine <br />runoff quancitlea from the curves. <br />5. Recreation and Natural Beauty <br />This site is used for hunting of eottoateil, scaled quail, <br />~eckrebbite, coyote and deer. It has a high natural beauty rating <br />due to undulating elopes, cliffs end tree covered slopes. <br />6. 'threatened end Endangered Plante and Animals <br />Peregrine falcon <br />~.. <br />