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Solid Minerals Inspection Report <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Dolores Public Lands Office <br />29211 Hwy 184 <br />Dolores, CO 81323 <br />Li u "tau 0 I IUBI <br />DURANGO FIELD OFFICE <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATIC <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />Type of Operation <br />Locatable — Notice Level <br />Project Name <br />Fl <br />Serial Number <br />COC -74240 <br />Company /Org. <br />Lynx -Royal <br />Inspection Date <br />July 13, 2011 <br />Others Present <br />Mike Leidich, Ryan Weidert <br />Inspection Time <br />PM <br />Inspected By <br />James Blair <br />Report Date <br />08/24/2011 <br />Legal <br />T42N, R18W, Sec. 27, 28 <br />e- 2o9 -03t <br />Introduction <br />This project was in a mixture of oak brush, ponderosa, and pinion - juniper and sage. In many respects it is <br />very similar to K1, except that it was not mowed, and there is a lot of cheat grass. It is apparent that the <br />area was grazed heavily, and I suspect that the grazing is responsible for getting the,cheat grass into the <br />reclaimed drill pads. In the future, at drill sites where grazing is likely to become an issue, it may be <br />worthwhile for the proponent to consider fencing the drill pad area with a barbed wire fence to prevent cattle <br />from grazing the 1 /4 acre or so inside the drill pad for a couple of years, in order to give the vegetation a <br />chance, and to prevent weeds from becoming established. <br />Description <br />Site B — Cheat grass is very abundant while reclamation vegetation is sparse in some areas. Arrow leaf <br />balsam root is coming up nicely, however. It is evident from hoof prints that the site was grazed heavily <br />after reclamation. More time is needed. <br />Action Items <br />Allow more time to establish vegetation and have it compete with cheat grass. <br />Attachments <br />None <br />1 of 5 <br />x/James Blair <br />James Blair— DPLO Geologist <br />970 - 882 -6862 <br />james_blair @blm.gov <br />CEVE <br />D <br />