PERMFILE136613

• Permit No: C1981023
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 5 VEGETATION INFORMATION
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USDA SCIIL C:CINSERVATII~N SERVICE
P.U. Ciil;( 419 PAGiiSA SF'RINGSr C:O 81147 :iU~-Gc•4-551E•
Nir.e l.eegan
r:a i see Stee I Cc'rpor-at i cn
Chlrnney Rock Nine
Star- f":t _~ C:':'i 6~A
Fagosa tiprings, CO '81147
Uear MIL:e,
Un Navernfer ; you and 1 i nspected a site i n the
arct'~aeolc'yical area treat you felt would fe sultat:Ie f.?r' ii
r'efer'ence area to compare ranye I ,rind rec I amat i c'n seed i njs
with. I believe tree site I, sultar'le and a~c'uld worf:: 'a s. a
reFer'ence area ferause of slrni lar- slope, e;:pcsure, sr.~i I
deptl'~, and overal I siml lar ecc'I~?gy as tP~e sites seeddd wi;:h
the range I and rec 1 arnat I on rn i ::.
In response tr. your request for my recommendations for
reclamation rni:;es fin' tree various. sites at thr_ mine, i feel
that cwo seed rnl;;tures ci;uld fe use':1, ilne rnl;;rule wnul~-I ur.~
f~;r ranye IarnJ set".lir~ys and a.in~~tner' n~i;;ture w':'uld Ge f~~r
unproved pasture seedings.
For ranye I an'1 s I tes I r-ec';nrnen'] d rnl;;t:ur'e r'f t:he fn I I .-.w I h;.f
rases: Flaci~i to flue r-arna (L'outelol_ia rdci I isi 19i r~~r
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51 deoats r"arna (C~i'IJte I r'Ua Cli r't I ~e ri'iU I a) , ('~~~~sana wr?s'6BY"r7
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wheat;3r-ass (Agr-oEyr-, r:r,_sln i tl_i i i) , 'Viva ga I I eta (N i_ I :ir-i a,
,~arnesii), and F:edc'n~;o Arizc'na fescue (Festur.a a.r-izr'nlcai.
Recornrnended range I and f~~r't's: fringed sa~cwort (Ar ternr_s_i_a
fri;~i:7a), Lewis flat; iL.inurn lewisii), and ffocb: ;: I'9 c:untail~
penstemon (F'ensternon_stl_ict;us). Recornrnended rangeland
r~Fir'ut's t:; fe ~~eeded or trane•p I anted are ante I opa C. i t.terr;rusl~
(i_1_irsh i a_tr i dentatg) , cur l l eaf rncn.lnta i n rnahnyarry
(r;er_cnca,r:us Ie.ai4'..Iiusi rnnurrta.ln nr.r~n• .rry (i.a_rCn _
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rnr,r~tar~us) , RvcLiy Mouni~~a I n jun I oer (.Jr_in i ~'erus srnL,u-L~:,r liin~ ,
and Ganlc'e l oak (i1iJ~~rcus arnbe l I l . -fhe s;ec i es a;-e I i st,r•:1 I n
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the order c'f I''er'cer~tage in the rni;;ture, that is, 1 tn;uld
nave mare flue gr-a«'.a i n the rn i :;t:ure than Ar i z::~na fo-+scue,
more ;~ras';es 1.ha.n tr:r-t~s, etc.
For an irnpr'c'ved pasture seeding I wc'u I d use any of tree
proven im~~rr:ved 3rass species f'-'r- t:tie area sur.h a.s r:rFSt:~,r
whcatyrae.s, hru;esr.erlt wneat:yras=_, irrherrnerJlate wF~e,it::lras~.l.
C:r 5rrni'?th Irr OrnB. I WGL11 '7 plant: ere ,tBd W15ea Lyraf55 C.'";~ i~t =.cIF
and nc't in a mi:;ture taut arrf %:f the nt;her grasses ~,dnul rl ..I C.
'«fr l I I n a rn l i; t:Ur~e. TFIe pastUY"B 6F3e~i l ng ref GrnlnBlni a't ~I Gn9 ix ~'B
for non i rr' i gated past~u r'e. I w~ru I d a I s.:. c~~ns I der i nc I u~l i ny
alfal+'a in a seadii~y If it w.ol.lld wnrL: in the fl.lture grrxzing
plans as there are dr'ylur~'1 alfali'a varie~tles avxi table.
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