2009-06-08_REVISION - M1988057 (4)

Home Browse Search

CANYON SAND & GRAVEL P.O. Box 4362 Pagosa Springs, CO 81157 Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Rm. 213 Denver, CO 80203 Attention : Kate A. Pickford Regarding Financial Warrantylhcrease Revised Reclamation Plan ?- Permit No. M- 88- 057 June 1, 2009 - k-dt RECRYND JUN 0 8 2009 Divis*'n Or t;ecL?rnQtion, ? MiAkV and Safety To whom it may concern: Canyon Sand and Gravel has nearly completed the lake project created by the gravel operation. We plan to be finished by November of this year. The reclamation has been completed around the lake perimeter with all of the grass established on the dikes. The interior shore/bank has been stabilized with rock. A landscape feature is added to the northern most point creating a vertical tower that becomes a kiva set into the hill that measures about 50 feet in diameter. Stone steps rise out of the water along side for easy access to and from the water. This feature was not on the original plan. In the fall of 2008 the lake reclamation passed inspection. Canyon Sand and Gravel got a Limited Impact (110) Operation Reclamation Amendment in the summer of 2003 which involved a swap of ?/2 acre that was originally designated to stockpile materials on the northwest side of the lake to the ?/2 acre adjacent to the pit shed and remaining excavation area soon to be the island. (See photo) In this 1/2 acre stockpile area, the topsoil was scraped off and an earthen dike was formed at its north side for use in reclaiming that area to pasture. We want to keep this area a graveled parking lot as it has been indispensable to the ranch for horse trailer parking and turnaround, parking for fishing and event guests and visiting RVs. There is a beautifully built rock platform for the primary crusher placement that will become a recreational landscape feature when the crusher leaves. Some topsoil will be used along the west and north edges of the parking lot where the original grass was left as a border of the gravel. There will be an island (or isthmus as it will be accessed by the current road into that area) approximately 100 feet in diameter with a 1 to 3 slope naturalized with rocks from our on site raw material in the same manner that the lake interior has been fortified. There is a collection of rocks and boulders in the stockpile area that is saved for the island's reclamation into a rock grotto xericscaped environment. The island will be mounded to above the height of the lake's surrounding dikes by the track hoe that has done all of our previous excavation and reclamation. At this time the rocks and boulders saved for placement around the island will be strategically placed. There will be a few scattered areas where topsoil from the saved soil in the stockpile area will be spread and native grasses will be planted. The effect will be a naturalized rock hill with some comfortable fishing spots around the perimeter and a horseshoe pit for recreation. We request this revision to the original reclamation plans. Sincerely, pkl)?X J. xfu?,- (2..vber - Y. Scdit