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EXHIBIT A COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD CONSTRUCTION FUND 2007-2008 NON-REIMBURSABLE PROJECT APPLICATION 3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is a community college embracing all or part of nine counties in north- central Colorado including Eagle, Garfield, Lake, Pitkin, Summit, Routt, Chaffee, Grand, and Jackson counties. The College service area covers 12,000 miles, three national forests, six wilderness areas and most of Colorado's major ski resorts. Each year, nearly 25,000 students take classes at our 12 locations or on the Internet. The Natural Resource Management Program at the Timberline Campus in Leadville, Colorado offers an associate of applied science degree in Natural Resource Management that includes the cooperative work experience program, Natural Resource Management Student Internship Program (NRM-SI). All subjects taught and discussed in the classroom setting are implemented as either part of the educational training or the "hands-on" student internship experience in the field. Conversely, all NRM work related experiences are also integrated into the classrooms. The Student Internship program provides a unique educational opportunity in that students are applying skills and concepts learned in the classroom in real life work situations. NRM has an experienced professional staff including Project Manager, Contract Administrator, NRM Faculty, and assistant project managers. Student interns provide the labor force for all NRM projects. The NRM Student Internship program has been involved with projects through the U.S. EPA, U.S. BLM, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Dept. of Public health and Environment, Colorado Geological Survey, government subcontractors, private consulting firms, private individuals, and others since 1999. These projects have provided extensive opportunities for students with water sampling and quality analysis, soil sampling, snow pack surveys, ASTM Phase I environmental site assessments, timber stand assessment and thinning, environmental risk assessment, document production, grant administration, reclamation, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem characterization, flora and fauna inventory, wetlands delineation and inventory, threatened and endangered species inventory, and other types of work. Along with the course curriculum, projects through the NRM Student Internship program provide students a well rounded experience once they have graduated from the CMC NRM program. Please see the attached Statement of Qualifications for project details.