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= ! ~ <br />-~ ~ -2- <br />Permeability is moderate. 5vailable avatar capacity is low. <br />%ffective rooting depth is less tnan 20 inches. Surface runoff <br />is rapid and water erosion is high. Soil survey interpretations <br />for the Paunsau>>nt se?ies are attachsd, <br />2, Vegetation <br />Ilative grasses on the Paunsau~nut soil consist primarily of <br />L~zona Fescue, mountain manly, needlegrasses, Indian ricegrass, <br />Parry oatgrass, wsstern uhaatgrass, sideoat grams, and little <br />bluestem, Nativs trees and shrubs found on tnis soil are p*~m=rily <br />mountain maho3a-~y, Gambel oas, pir~yon pine, rocky nountain juniper, <br />and sxunkbush sanest, with lesser amounts of ponderosa pine. <br />C. 3CLA.*LITIQY 3C0D'.P~27D1''IO'i5 <br />Land reclamation tarough use of plant materials, including grasses, <br />shrubs, or tress, will be limited to stable slopes flat enough to <br />afford a high degrees of e:ficiency in moisture infiltration, and <br />having euf£icient soil moisturs storayre capacity to maintain plant <br />growth. <br />Where these conditions cannot be obtained dues to existing site I <br />condi~~a.oas, as on some of the eztreme slopes on the Pikeview Quarry, <br />or bscauae of planeed matcods for future limestone extraction, <br />other kinds of site treatment measures must bs considered, <br />I <br />1. Construction <br />a) The chances for establisnment of vegetation increases as <br />percent of elope decreases. Slopes should not ba steeper than j:1. <br />Slopes of 6:1 or flatter are much more desirate> Some elopes <br />steapar than 3:1 nay ba unavoidable, but they should be kept to a <br />m=r31 rnim ~ <br />_. _ _ ~ <br />