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Consulting • Engineering • Flemediation
September 2, 1997
Mr. Jim Postle, President
James Company
2919 Valmont Road, Suite 109
Boulder. CO 80301
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1601 Prospect Parkway
Fort Collins. CO 80525
(970)493-8878
FAX (970) 493-0213
Re: Preliminary Wetland Survey of the Stanton Creek Property, Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Postle:
A preliminary wetland survey of the Stanton Creek property was conducted on August 29, 1997 by Jon
Alstad (ENSR) and Bill Berg (ENSR). Important parameters in the identification of wetlands include
vegetation, hydrology, and soils. Wetlands include a prevalence of wetland plants and exhibit
hydrologic and soil indicators, such as inundation, saturated soils, debris lines, mottling, or oxidized
root channels. Since a formal wetland delineation was not conducted at the site, the identification of
wetlands was based on vegetation and hydrologic indicators only.
No wetlands were observed at the site. The majority of the site included an upland meadow dominated
by upland vegetation including smooth brome, slender wheatgrass, cheatgrass, bottlebrush squirreltall,
Canada thistle, lambsquarter, peppergrass, kochia, horseweed, and field bindweed. A small irrigation
ditch along the northern property boundary included localized areas of saturated soil and ponded water
due to recent heavy precipitation events. However, wetland vegetation was not present within the
irrigation ditch. Common species present in the ditch include cocklebur, common sunflower, slender
wheatgrass, and smooth brome. Other small, irrigation ditches were observed at the site although
water and wetland vegetation were not present. Irrigation ditches are usually classed by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (COE) as "other waters of the U.S.". If irrigation ditches are currently being
used for ongoing agricultural practices (e.g., irrigation of cropland) or are inactive and support upland
vegetation, filling of or excavating in irrigation ditches are not under the jurisdiction of the COE.
If you have questions or comments regarding information provided in this report, please contact Bill
Berg or Jon Alstad at (970) 493-8878. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you and would
appreciate an opportunity to assist you in any of your future permitting needs.
Sincerely,,,
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Jon D. Alstad
Project Coordinator/Plant Ecologist
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William R. Berg
Project Manager
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