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Seed i ng/I nterseeding Recommendations for Dryland Pasture <br />UnkW $10" Deparbuent of A9taUllUM <br />4 NRCS <br />*►.aunt item M cons.nmon <br />.pm BOA RaroWoo Conmvmft t <br />P. O Luc 20 <br />Norwood. CO SUZ <br />July 11, 2006 <br />Ross Gublca <br />Western Fuels Colorado <br />P.O. Box 628 <br />Nucla, CO 81424 <br />Dear Mr_ Gubk & <br />pm t�oyd�w.u.d LE <br />0703Z7�.e 1 <br />070-M-4 U7-FAX <br />Upon assess scut of the dryland pastum at the Weston ftis Coal Mine new NUCIO, Colorado, <br />it is my profosionWjudgment that it would be bcneficW to intctsced grasses and forts into the <br />existing vegetation UMg a W491 drill. <br />It can be very difficult to establish a dryland seeding in a low precipitation zone such as the <br />Nucla area, which receives approximately 12 incites of p uipitatio n per year. TherefOM it is a <br />cormton husbandry practice to fDUow up the initial seeding with additional seeding in <br />subsequent y= in order to establish the plants in sufficient densities. <br />To presarve the plants that have become established, interseodirtg into the existing ve getalm <br />with a no drill is the, bast practice for accomplishing this, unless the first seeding was a <br />complete fadum, in which ease it would be adva tagcaus to prepare a good seedbed by disking <br />and harrowing, and then replant. <br />It may take three to five years, multiple seeding, and some timely rains before a successful <br />dryland seeding Can become established. <br />1f you have any fi ther questions concerning my asseQstnent of the reclaimed dryland pastures on <br />the Western Fuels Coal Mine, please contact me. <br />sinceMly, //"` At6v" <br />Jim Boyd, MRCS Resource Conservationist <br />,,. ►I..srl Arero.cow�r.w� s.ae...t. b..Ai.�n - NOM •» Prod. PIN MW w . <br />rc. ww redmW%nrer4weo® w/aM.trWAL OMO LWV <br />