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1) Parkville Water Supply -, Control of contaminated run-on and run-off . waters. It was demonstrated that features of the IBEX/IRENE mining complex would potentiall~ contribute to metals loading within the potable water supply for the City of Leadville. Pro-active design and engineering was implemented in order to control these features. CMC NRM was responsible for the design hydrology aspects, as well as the oversight of the project. 2) Access and Public Notice - CMC NRM was responsible for corresponding with all potentially affected landowners associated with the re-engineering of the hydrology features to protect the potable water supply. 3) Cultural Resource Inventory and Impact Assessment - as part of the Historic Preservation Act- requirements, any federal action requires an assessment of the cultur~1 resources. As part of the hydrology re- engineering, the features that were within the footprint of disturbance were inventoried. CMC NRM was responsible for determining the impacts of the project to these features. They provided the necessary documentation and interpretation as required by the Colorado State Historical Preservation Organization. Environmental Protection Agency/Cultural Resources: NRM was responsible for writing a professional report assessing the cultural resources within a proposed project area. Previously surveyed historical resources were identified and the project was created to have no adverse . effect to these resources. The report was sent to the State Historic . - Preservation Officer for their approval of the project. USGS Salt Trace of lake Fork: NRM was tasked to provide field support for the USGS evaluation of metals equilibrium within the Lake Fork Watershed. Students were responsible for flow measurements, sample collection, and sample processing in support of the effort. US EPA and USFWS Phase I and II Irrigated Meadows Forage Study: NRM was responsible for the collection of randomly identified soils samples throughout the irrigated meadows area of the 11-mile reach. This effort was being conducted to determine the contamination fate and transport within irrigated meadows. It was hypothesized that irrigated waters may have been contaminated from the historic mining practices. The objectives of the study were to identify contaminated areas and then design a second phase investigation to determine impacts of the contamination to plant and soil invertebrates. NRM collected the 124 soil samples that served the purpose of the Phase I effort. NRM completed the process of interpreting the findings to assist in design of the second Phase, which was implemented summer of 2002. NRM assisted in the isolation, identification, collection, and processing of herbaceous life .