PERMFILE113524

• Permit No: M1992045
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/17/1992
• From: USDA
• To: JIM VANELLA
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
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To; Jim Vanella
P.O. Box 2221
Granite, CO 81228
Dear Jim,
SOIL 325 West Rainbow Blvd.
CONSERVATION Salida, CO 81201
SERVICE Phone [phone]
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7-17-92
Enclosed is some information on soils, vegetation and reclamation you
requested for the site located in the SE 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. 5, R80W, T12S,
6th Principal meridian in Chaffee County Colorado.
This site is located 7.5 miles west of Granite, Colorado at an elevation of
approximately 12,000 feet. Your location is outside the area of our
Chaffee County soil survey and there is not any soils information available
for your locality at this time. If you would require an on-site soil
investigation, I could arrange to schedule one for this fall. However,
since the majority of your operation will take place on a site that is
already disturbed, I do not think that an on-site soil investigation is
needed.
Although the soils in and around your site are shallow, any topsoil
encountered should be stockpiled and saved for future reclamation work.
We have enclosed two plant inventory lists (CO-ECS-2>, one for the
disturbed site and one for the undisturbed site. These lists represent the
plants found on the sites as of 7-10-92.
When reclamation of the site begins, areas to be seeded should not have
slopes steeper than 3 to 1. If possible, south facing slopes should not be
greater than 6 to 1. The seedbed should be smooth and firm with any
compacted areas ripped or chiseled (if this is feasible) before seeding.
Seeding of the site may be accomplished with the enclosed seeding
recommendation on form CO-ECS-S. This recommendation is based on the plant
inventory found at your site (see CO-ECS-2s). This recommendation used
species that are native to the site. Instead of the above recommendation,
many area seed companies sell high altitude or alpine seed mixtures which
may do very well for your reclamation work. The enclosed seeding rate is
for broadcast seeding only. If the seed is drilled, use 1/2 of the
recommended seeding rate.
In addition to the above recommendations, the seeding may be enhanced by
the use of fertilizers, mulches and manure. The amount of fertilizer
applied should be determined by a soil test. However, nitrogen can be
applied at a rate of at least 50 pounds per acre and phosphate at a rate of
40 pounds per acre. If straw mulches are used they should be applied at a