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) _) <br />,,.. " . P <br />Development Consultants, Inc. <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: George Robinson, Sun Coal Meadows No. 1 File <br />FROM: Randy Schroeder <br />DATE: November 4, 1985 <br />SUBJECT: Vegetation Reconnaissance Field Report <br />On September 5, 1985, I conducted a reconnaissance of the revegetated areas <br />on Sun Coal's Meadows No. 1 Mine near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. During my <br />inspection, I made ocular estimates of the vegetative cover and the types of <br />species which made up that cover. I looked at six different areas within the <br />reclaimed pit area: 1) the previously reclaimed area (reclaimed 1981); 2) the east- <br />tacing slope on the west side of the backfilled area; 3) the west-facing slope; 4) the <br />bench area on the south side of the reclaimed area; 5) the steep slope on the <br />. southwest side o[ the bench; and 6) a repaired gully south o[ the old reclaimed <br />area. Approximate locations of these areas ere shown in pencil on the attached <br />map. <br />Previously Reclaimed Area <br />This area was seeded in 1981 and has been fenced. It was seeded with a mix <br />nearly Identical to that used on the other areas. Cover. is excellent with about <br />60 percent vegetative cover made up primarily of a variety o[ grasses including <br />wheatgrasses, junegrass, brome, and some timothy with vetch es the dominant forb. <br />Total ground cover (with litter) was nearly 90 percent. <br />East-Facing Slope <br />This, es well as the rest of the areas, were seeded in the fall of 1984 and <br />therefore had experienced only one growing season. The vegetative cover was <br />approximately 10 percent with the majority of that being clover. The predominant <br />grasses were brome Qnd wheatgrasses. Some bluegrasses and timothy were present <br />as well es vetch. Small amounts of weeds (thistle and Russian thistle) also <br />occurred. A grain cover crop was still standing and mulch was evident. <br />~• <br />- 351 - (Rev. 5/86) <br />7308 S. Alton Way • Suite K • Englewood, Colorado 60112 <br />(3031 RSO-0930 <br />