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EXHIBIT B <br /> COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> CONSTRUCTION FUND <br /> 2007-2008 NON-REIMBURSABLE PROJECT APPLICATION <br /> 4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed study or demonstration project including <br /> purpose, need, and service area. (Attach scope of study, if available). <br /> Construction projects all over the state have been delayed, relocated, rerouted,postponed or in some <br /> cases totally cancelled due to the location of a"Fen Wetland". As you probably know, a"Fen"is a t1 <br /> special type of wetland bog that cannot be mitigated according to the Corp of Engineers and the U.S. <br /> Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines. What is an entity to do? The City of Aurora Utilities <br /> Department(Aurora) and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo)have developed <br /> plans to relocate a fen. The project involves movin_ a fen from an area where it would be covered, <br /> inundated, drained or in some way damaged,to a location where it wou • se •ut of harms wa d <br /> could continue to function as a fen. <br /> One might ask how can you move a fen if a wetland area cannot be disturbed. Aurora and Pueblo <br /> have received all the necessary permits from the Army Corp of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife <br /> Service, the State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Colorado Division of Wildlife <br /> that will be necessary to harvest and move the fen. A cookie cutter approach will be used and the fen <br /> will be moved one piece at a time. <br /> I have attached a scope of work, an outline of the project, and a list of the study team members. <br /> As I mentioned above, the location of these fen wetlands impact projects all over the state. The <br /> proposed development at the Wolf Creek Ski area has a fen problem. The person I spoke with at the <br /> Colorado Department of Transportation said they had several projects that were being relocated due to <br /> a"Fen Wetland". I spoke with an engineer representing a Vail Valley Water District and he said they <br /> had been trying to enlarge a small dam for several years but a fen was located in the area of the <br /> proposed expansion and there was no way to mitigate the fen so the project had been put on hold. <br /> When I spoke with a representative from the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District he said <br /> they were well aware of what fens were and had not experienced a problem thus far. As you can see, <br /> from the number of people I contacted, this is a statewide problem. <br /> As l2Y " <br /> �c� K <br />