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<br />Water Project Construction Program - Project Data
<br />Non-Reimbursable Investment
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<br />Applicant: Colorado Mountain College - Timberline Campus
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<br />Project Name: Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project
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<br />Project Type: Research/Demonstration Project
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<br />County: Lake County
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<br />Drainage Basin: Arkansas Basin
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<br />Water Source: Groundwater
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<br />Total Study Cost: $965,000
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<br />CWCB Investment: $100,000 (requested)
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<br />Funding Sources: City of Aurora and Pueblo Board of Water Works
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<br />Type of Applicant: Educational Institution
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<br />The Colorado Mountain College - Timberline Campus (CMC) in Leadville has applied for a
<br />$100,000 non-reimbursable investment for a project designed to explore the extent to which the
<br />harvest and transplantation of slow forming organic peat soils, from an area of potential impact to a
<br />specifically prepared receiver site, can serve as mitigation of fen impacts. The CMC is collaborating
<br />on this project with the City of Aurora Utilities Department and the Pueblo Board of Water Works.
<br />A "cookie cutter" approach using heavy equipment designed for this specific application will be
<br />used to disassemble a portion of an intact fen, transport the harvested organic soils and plant life
<br />intact, and reassemble the living mantel in a specifically prepared basin. The receiver basin has been
<br />designed to mimic the form and function of natural fen basins. Baseline monitoring ofthe donor fen
<br />is ongoing and a rigorous and intensive monitoring program will be instituted to determine the
<br />success of the transplantation procedure.
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