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DaRonco, Jonna <br /> From: Cook, Paul <br /> Sent: Friday, July 22, 20117:12 AM <br /> To: Lforys(ghotmail.com; DaRonco, Jonna <br /> Cc: Lane, Ann <br /> Subject: filling and grading permit application <br /> Hello Lance: <br /> I wanted to expedite the handling of your Burnett County Zoning Land Use Appliation for"filling and grading" in the shoreland <br /> zone, so I am emailing, I hope that works for you. If you need to, please feel free to call me at 715-497-6755. <br /> 1 reviewed your property on July 12. Your buffer looked good and I looked at your proposal to fill, I assume with black dirt and <br /> seed down the large bare spots you have which are in your view corridor as well as back behind your buffer toward the cabin. I <br /> do have some concern that 4-wheeler activity is preventing much growth here, obviously limiting the ATV traffic is imperative to <br /> the success of any grass planting. <br /> There is no need to fill or grade any of these bare areas, so the request to fill and grade cannot be granted. You simply need to <br /> get grass growing and hauling in fill of any kind is unnecessary. I recommend the following to revegetate the areas of bare soil: <br /> 1) Purchase a good lawn seed mix which shows to have a very low percentage of Kentucky bluegrass and high percentages <br /> of the following: creeping red fescue, perennial rye and other fescues. This is often sold as a "shady grass seed mix". <br /> The Kentucky bluegrass is not well suited to our sandy soils <br /> 2) Broadcast seed according to manufacturers recommendations and rake it in or roll it lightly to create good seed/soil <br /> contact. <br /> 3) Immediately cover the entire seeding with a one year photodegradable erosion control mat and stake it down <br /> 4) Water thoroughly after seeding and as needed throughout the growing season. <br /> What the sandy soil lacks is not nutrients, but organic matter which holds moisture in the soil. The erosion mat will effectively <br /> replace this on the sand and once the grass is established the mat will break down. We have had the best luck with the mats <br /> that do not have a netting, sometimes the netting does not break down as well, but if you must use one with netting its fine. <br /> If you have any questions, as I said, please call me at the number listed above and I would be happy to discuss this with you or <br /> feel free to have your landscape contractor call me, if necessary. <br /> Thanks, <br /> Paul Cook <br /> Conservation Specialist <br /> Burnett County LWCD <br /> 1 <br />