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made should conversion to dryland proceed. Even then there may <br />exist some merit for seeking mitigation of the lost acres. <br />In conclusion, if peat excavation is declared to be mining <br />it cou':� be regulated by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act <br />(C.R.S. 34 -32 -101 et seq. as amended). The rules promulgated <br />under that law could be applied to peat extraction with <br />relatively few changes. Most importantly, though, reclamation <br />policy should be adjusted to advocate in -kind reclamation rather <br />than ecosystem type conversion. <br />72 • <br />