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ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEN RESEARCH PROJECT The project was initiated, and Phase I funding was provided by the City of Aurora and the Pueblo Board of Water I . Works. Colorado Mountai~ ~ollege's (CMC).Natural Resour.ce Managem~nt Program is administering th.e project contracts, and provIdmg manpower to Implement the sIte work, as duected by the Study Team. The Study Team Dr. Brad Johnson, P.W.S., Johnson Environmental Consulting Laura Archuleta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Diana Humphries, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mike Holmes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ross Bethel, Water Rights Engineer, Ross Bethel, LLC Dan Hinds, President, Frontier Environmental Services Michael Conlin, Principal, Conlin Associates Resource Planners Catherine Patti, Contract Administrator, CMC David Cunningham, Faculty, CMC Kato Dee, Project Manager, CMC . Phase I Phase I of the project entailed: preliminary design and feasibility analysis; establishment of study design parameters; installation of a peizometer field and mapping of areal hydrology; soils mapping and chemistry; vegetative mapping and evaluation; documentation of flow data and determination of appropriate water source; and the collection and analysis of water chemistry data. Phase I was accomplished during the 2005 field season. CMC students installing a peizometer nest Phase II Soils and hydrology investigation by members of the Study Team The City of Aurora and the Pueblo Board of Water Works are currently initiating the second phase of the project which will: finalize the field studies and ecological design; select the harvest site; and complete hydrologic regime design, calculate water supply needs, design of water supply and outlet mechanisms, determine the scope and size of the test plots, establish a geomorphic design, and set forth the performance criteria for monitoring and , assessing the transplanted site. Actual transplantation is scheduled for the winter of 2006/07 to coincide with plant dormancy, take advantage of frozen ground to reduce surface damage, and facilitate the intact transportation of otherwise semi-viscous peat materials. The Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project is seeking additional financial partners with a stake in the results of this groundbreaking research. Transportation designers, mountain developers, water resource managers, community planners, and wetland specialists are invited and encouraged to share in the search for a defensible, I . cost effective, reproducible method of mitigation for this unique, irreplaceable resource. .