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. of the California Gulch Superfund Site, and has participated regularly in related sampling activities Navajo Nation, Navajo Indian Health Service (partnership with UNM, Mesa State and others). Risk to human health and the environment as a result of past uranium mining and milling practices has largely been ignored when considering the Navajo Nation people. People of this culture have for decades, served the purpose of providing mining labor to areas of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Many Chapters within the Nation co-exist with the residual waste areas of these mining practices. It has become apparent that the exposure of the mining waste to these people may have adversely affected their health as noted with increasing incidences within tumor registries etc. A team of scientists has assembled in order to determine the causative agents, the routes of exposure, the sources of contamination and the possible mechanisms for source control of this issue. The NRM will provide the technical expertise required to evaluate the environmental pathway component of the study. We will determine the fate and transport of mining contaminants within food pathways and other environmental components. Our task specifically was to assist the Navajo Nation in their pursuit of determining the ecological risk attributable to these past practices and overlaps that information with the human health assessment. . American Refinery Group - Wetlands Evaluation: The NRM was responsible for the assessment of past refinery waste disposal practice impacts to wetlands ecosystems within the Bradford Refinery Site property boundaries. Results were used for an evaluation of ecological risk. National Park Service - Great Sand Dunes Watershed Water Quality: Annually, the CMC NRM conducts a watershed scale water quality investigation for the Great Sand Dunes National Park. The information is compiled into their annual water quality inventory reports. NRM has also conducted migratory bird species inventories for the Blanca Wetlands Wildlife Preserve. LCOSI Archaeological Inventory: NRM students performed an archeological survey for the Lake County Open Space Initiative. The Hayden Meadows area, once a habitat for Ute Indians was surveyed to determine preservation status before the deciding the final location of the proposed reservoir. . LCOSI Wetlands Inventory: NRM is conducting a transect survey of the LCOSI property to identify the lateral width of riparian corridor wetlands, and their plant and soils composition. This service is being provided through a paid scholarship program through the NRM.