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I -• R West does road ditch north of Slang of Pearls. Support Facilities Roads within the lands requested for release include the northern portion of the Old Tipple Road, the North Road, Skyline Drive, West Ridge Pond Road, Center Ridge Pond Road, Moffat Area Pond Road, and roads associated with the ponds. All roads within the requested release area have been approved for permanent retention. All roads were stable at the time of the inspection with no problems noted. Curley cup gum weed and bindweed were evident in small patches in the roads with some annual weeds evident along the roads. No rutting or down cutting was evident during the inspection. The office area and gravel pad were stable with no problems noted. Yellow sweet clover was predominating on the gravel pad and the Old Tipple Road. A small amount of houndstoungue was noted along the gravel pad area. Topsoil Topsoil depths were not verified during this inspection as depths were measured previously. Records are available at the Division offices and at the Edna Mine site. No problems were noted with topsoil at the time of the inspection. Revenstation The establishment of vegetation was visually inspected to determine its support of the post mining land use of rangelands. Based on this visual on the ground inspection, Edna's vegetation cover and shrub density are acceptable and no problems were noted. Few noxious species were noted during the inspection with the exception of the following species at the following locations: There were several sizeable, 40ft X 15ft., patches of Canada thistle along the access road proceeding southward from the gate. Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) is a noxious weed on the State of Colorado's B list and needs to be controlled. Several other patches of Canada thistle were encountered westward along Moffat Down Drain #4. The patches appeared to be concentrated near the drainage. One patch of perennial pepperweed was encountered along the drainage of approximately 20 ft. diameter in size. A large patch of Canada thistle was observed at the western extent of the drainage just upslope of the pond. The thistle and pepperweed should be sprayed and managed.