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.,: <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii <br />STATE OF CO~U19~A.D0 <br />Roy Romer, Govei <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />FRED R. BANTA, Dlreetor <br />DATE: May 13, 1988 <br />T0: Tamara Naumann <br />State Natural Areas Pro ram <br />FROM: Dan Mathews <br />Mined Land Reclamation D~vi§ion <br />RE: Ground Clearance Reconnaissance for Lupinus crassus, <br />Lillylands Coal Comany <br />In response to a recommendation in your letter of April 8, 1988, I accompanied <br />Dave Andrews of Lillylands Coal Company on a reconnaissance survey of the <br />subject coal lease area near Naturita, Colorado. The survey was conducted on <br />May 10, 1988. No Payson lupine (Lupinus crassus) plants were observed, and it <br />is considered unlikely that the species occurs within the lease area. <br />Prior to conducting the around search, I met with Jim Ferguson of the BLM in <br />Montrose. Jim provided location information on several known pooula~ions of <br />Payson lupine in addition to those already provided by your office. I visited <br />four of the sites to familiarize myself with the pi ant and its habitat. The <br />populations I observed occurred on loose, sparsely vegetated hillslopes and <br />along dry washes within open stands of juniper. Widely spaced big sagebrush <br />(Artemisia tridentata), galleta (Hilaria jamesii) and prickly pear (0 untia ) <br />were common ass` ociates. Soils were san y clays or clay 7oams formed <br />mancos shale, typically with a thin veneer of colluvial cobbles. The <br />populations occurred at elevations ranging from 5,500 to 6,000 feet. The <br />plants were in bloom at the time of my visit. <br />The Lillylands Coal lease area is located to the south of State Highway 145, <br />southeast of Naturita, within portions of Sections 28, 29, 32, 33, 34 and 35 <br />of T46N, R15W and portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16 <br />of T45N, R15W. <br />Topographically, the site could be described as a gently sloping plateau <br />dissected by several widely spaced steep sided drainages. Elevations range <br />from 5,700 feet along the southern border of the tract to 6,300 feet along the <br />northern boundary. Geologic strata exposed are predominantly sandstones and <br />soil types are sandy loams on the plateau and sandy loams and rock outcrops on <br />the drainage side slopes. <br />215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203.2273 Tel. (303) 866.3567 <br />