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acquire the equivalent of the damaged natural resources in the Alamosa River system. Under the MOU <br />there are two federal natural resource trustees and three state natural resource trustees (hereafter <br />together referred to as "Trustees"). The federal trustee agencies are the United States Department of <br />Agriculture's Forest Service (USFS) and the United States Department of the Interior, represented by <br />the Fish and ~Iildlife Service (USFwS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The State trustees are <br />the Colorado Attorney General, the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health <br />and the Environment (CDPHE), and the Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. <br />The Trustees decided through a joint resolution to contract for and fund this Master Plan from interest <br />earned from each government's portion of the settlement amount so that the monies recovered from <br />the settlement would be used in a manner that comprehensively addresses the restoration needs of the <br />Alamosa River watershed and is implemented in a manner that is fully and consistently integrated into <br />existing and future Alamosa River projects and the Summitville CERCLA cleanup remedy. The <br />Colorado dater Conservation Board (C~XICB) was assigned responsibility for managing the Master Plan <br />project on behalf of the Trustees and the Alamosa River Foundation. The Master Plan is not only <br />limited to the goals of the Trustees to restore potential injuries caused by Summitville. The Plan is a <br />comprehensive watershed plan for watershed health that includes restoration of potential injuries from <br />Summitville. However, the Master Plan cannot suggest restoration projects at the Summitville Site itself <br />because the site is the responsibility of CDPHE and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under <br />the Superfund Program. <br />The Alamosa River Foundation was formed to provide local Master Plan oversight. The Alamosa River <br />Foundation is anon-profit organization formed by local citizens and organizations to coordinate <br />watershed-based projects within the Alamosa River watershed. The Foundation developed and <br />coordinated the scope of work, and may present project proposals to the Trustees for funding. The <br />objectives of the Alamosa River Foundation are: <br />• Solicit local government and organization representatives for financial and technical <br />support <br />• Assess, using existing information, the natural resources and related services which were <br />injured, destroyed or lost as a result of a release of hazardous substances <br />• Identify the goal(s) to be attained by the proposed restoration projects <br />• Delineate general scope and criteria for potential plans for restoration <br />• Determine optimum timing for project solicitation and implementation <br />• Prepare requests for proposals and select the best plan for restoration <br />Alamosa River Watershed Restoration Master Plan and Environmental Assessment Page 1-5 <br />