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au 3 - Harrison Slag Property - PropertyTransaction: The NRM is completing an ASTM Phase I protocol compliant environmental site . assessment of the historic slag waste property. This process is being completed as part of the property transaction requirements from the Union Pacific Railroad to be transf$rred to the City of Leadville. Property transaction efforts have required that the Phase I ESA be completed as well as a site soil (surface and subsurface) characterization be completed. The site soils study involved the design and completion of a surface and subsurface soil-sampling program involving the completion of 15 on-site trenches. Trenches were characterized for soil profile and samples were collected for total metals analysis. Results of the site soils study and ESA efforts were folded into a Site Work Plan providing mitigation options. This enables the City of Leadville to decide the next best economic use and development of the property. au 3 - Poverty Flats Stormwater Plan: The NRM was responsible for collecting property stormwater feature information in order to identify the concerning factors that create stormwater issues. This property provides significant sheet flow that inundates adjacent thoroughfares within the City of Leadville. Once the features were inventoried and sized, NRM worked in coordination with Frontier Environmental Services to design the needed enhancements to help control the stormwater issues. This project received further funding and is now continuing into the private development area of West Park within the City of Leadville. . Colorado Gulch Fate and Transport Assessment: The NRM successfully procured funding through the EPA Consolidated Funding process. The students wrote the proposal and successfully received the entire amount of request funds that will serve the purpose of supporting labor and other direct costs for the study of contaminant loading to the Colorado Gulch tributary of the Lake Fork. The baseline fall water quality conditions studies were completed in summer 2002, to be followed up by a matched spring high-flow sampling program in 2003. Results will be used to determine suitable engineering design for the control of the contaminant sources. In addition to the funding award, NRM students will have designed, implemented, and documented the project from its onset to its completion. Private Property Timber-thinning and Landscape Services. For a private land-owner within Chaffee County, the NRM has provided landscaping services of; 1) tree planting, 2) timber thinning, and 3) seedling watering. These services are also being mapped and tracked as a database so that the owner can determine suitable next steps for landscaping needs. .