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SAM S <br />;:: <br />r <br />July 18, 1997 <br />Fremont~Boa~rd of County Commissioners <br />Fremont Countp~Courthouse <br />Canon City, CO 8121` <br />U~ <br />RE: Gravel mining proposal by the Agile Stone Co. on Harvey Ranch. <br />Dear Commissioners, <br />We have just recently heard of the above proposal by Agile Stone <br />Co. to mine gravel on the former Harvey Ranch near Parkdale, CO. <br />Our concern of this proposal is not of the usual complaints of <br />dust, noise, and landscape aesthetics, but rather a concern we believe <br />is even more serious, the very real threat of spread of noxious weeds <br />and more specifically "leafy spurge" <br />We know that leafy spurge infests much of the land on this ranch <br />along the lower en3 of Tallahassee Creek. Spurge is now found even in <br />some of the hay fields. Most of the infested area is not suited Eor <br />chemical weed control due to nearness to the creek and riparian areas.r <br />Two years ago, in 1995, this Board sponsored three releases <br />through biological control insects in an effort to stem the tide of <br />the weed invasion. However, biological control is slow and uncertain. <br />In addition many weed seeds still remain in the soil to sprout later <br />p ~ ;1,'~: <br />on. <br />~ r _ <br />~ ,~ ~~ti <br />It~~~. . S J <br />~- <br />. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ~ RECEIVED <br />~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,IUL 221997 <br />a99 <br />[' ~ L M O N T L O ll N `[' Y W C E D~ ~~ i~~ ~~ orals a Geology <br />0248 Dover Ave Canon City. Colorado 81212 <br />Phone 7t9-275-4465 FAX 7t9-2753019 <br />