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ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEN RESEARCH PROJECT <br /> The project was initiated, and Phase I funding was provided by the City of Aurora and the Pueblo Board of Water <br /> Works. Colorado Mountain College's (CMC)Natural Resource Management Program is administering the <br /> project contracts, and providing manpower to implement the site work, as directed by the Study Team. <br /> The Study Team <br /> Dr. Brad Johnson, P.W.S., Johnson Environmental Consulting t <br /> Laura Archuleta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service = z <br /> Diana Humphries, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br /> Mike Holmes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . ' <br /> Ross Bethel,Water Rights Engineer,Ross Bethel, LLC 1,_ <br /> Dan Hinds, President, Frontier Environmental Services <br /> Conlin, Principal, Conlin Associates Resource Planners <br /> Catherine Patti, Contract Administrator, CMC <br /> David Cunningham,Faculty, CMC <br /> Kato Dee, Project Manager, CMC <br /> Soils and hydrology investigation by members of the Study Team <br /> Phase I <br /> Phase I of the project entailed: preliminary design and feasibility <br /> analysis; establishment of study design parameters; installation of a <br /> peizometer field and mapping of areal hydrology; soils mapping <br /> and chemistry; vegetative mapping and evaluation; documentation <br /> I PI of flow data and determination of appropriate water source; and the <br /> collection and analysis of water chemistry data. Phase I was <br /> accomplished during the 2005 field season. <br /> CMC students installing a peizometer nest <br /> Phase II <br /> The City of Aurora and the Pueblo Board of Water Works are currently initiating the second phase of the project <br /> which will: finalize the field studies and ecological design; select the harvest site; and complete hydrologic <br /> regime design, calculate water supply needs, design of water supply and outlet mechanisms, determine the scope <br /> and size of the test plots, establish a geomorphic design, and set forth the performance criteria for monitoring and <br /> assessing the transplanted site. Actual transplantation is scheduled for the winter of 2006/07 to coincide with plant <br /> dormancy, take advantage of frozen ground to reduce surface damage, and facilitate the intact transportation of <br /> otherwise semi-viscous peat materials. <br /> The Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project is seeking additional financial partners with a stake in the results of <br /> this groundbreaking research. Transportation designers, mountain developers, water resource managers, <br /> community planners, and wetland specialists are invited and encouraged to share in the search for a defensible, <br /> cost effective, reproducible method of mitigation for this unique, irreplaceable resource. <br />