Finance Committee Meeting 2006

• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2006
• Description: Finance Sub-Committee Meeting September 19, 2006
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

plant assemblages. This effort was completed by the collection of the plants for
metals content after the growing season was complete.
Arkansas River Water Quality and Sample Collection. The Colorado Division
of Wildlife has been responsible for the continued monitoring and evaluation of
the Upper Arkansas Watershed water quality as part of an interagency
agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. The CDOW requested that NRM
complete the sampling and on-site water quality measurements at their pre-
determined locations each month, through the course of the year.
National Science Foundation Cooperative Education Grant. The NRM
teamed with Mesa State University to develop a cooperative student and faculty
exchange program. The students and faculty from each institution would
seamlessly transfer and be able to complete classes and environmental work as
needed. One successful project has been secured that entails the monitoring
and evaluation or uranium mine tails waste within the Grand Junction area.
Funding for this effort may be provided through a successfully procured National
Science Foundation Grant.
Operable Unit 6 Radioisotope Trace Study. For the EPA, the NRM designed,
documented and completed the field work necessary to sample groundwater
throughout the California Gulch superfund site for radioisotope content which
would assist with the aging and classification of the water. The effort entailed the
development of a field sampling plan, the completion of all field work including
sample collection from surface water and groundwater locations, in-situ water
quality analysis, and shipment and documentation of samples. Results will be
used to understand the hydrology of the groundwater associated with California
Gulch.
USFWS Passerine Bird Study: The CMC NRM is responsible for the field
support of sampling of passerine bird species in order to obtain blood samples
for the analysis of enzyme inhibition. This is a direct measure of metals
exposure and possible impacts attributable to mine-waste contamination.