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<br />CFAR hosts slide show on gravel pits
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<br />CJl.izcns in the Dolores Ri...er Valley have consistently
<br />prOleS!l'J tile Ct:lvel mining operalions of the Uoe Camp
<br />Gravel Pit, ciling dint, noise. and traffic hil7ards as (heir
<br />;nain cona:ms. Concerns were also raised at a mt:eling
<br />]a~( Tuesday night !loom [he mercury levels in (he wafer
<br />(sce related mcrt;ury ~lory),
<br />CFAR (Citizens for AccoulJtability and Responsibility)
<br />was organiud ill October of 2000, following stver..1 pub-
<br />ric meetings with the County Commissioners concerning
<br />the prop{J1>Cd pit CFAR sponsored a talk nnd slide show
<br />!)!l Tuesday evcuing, July 17. An audience of aboll/ 30
<br />were in at1end;lOce, inchlding Suite Rep. Kay Alexander.
<br />md two Hf the Conunissioners Kelly Wilson and Gene
<br />)101}'.
<br />According In l'af Kanlor of CFAR, they have done: It lot
<br />If resenrc:h, and learned a ]ot about potenlial dangers of
<br />nining inlhc floodplain of [he: Dolores Rivt'r /lnd rhe def!.
<br />:ienciC!l in laws and moniloring. "We have shared our
<br />nfonnalion wilh lhe Governor, Federal, Slate, and
<br />:ounty legislators and state agencies. We have infonned
<br />IUr fellow citi7.cn.~ through tluropcn meetings, the media,
<br />lId infonnatioll<ll maleria] in both the Dolores and Cortez
<br />Ihraries. We are allleaming together and thnt is what thi5
<br />neeting j5 abou!," said Kantor.
<br />Ac('tJnlin~ 10 Kantor, Gov, Bil! Owens; Greg Walcher,
<br />jirttloc of the Colorado Dcpt. of Nalural Resources, and
<br />1.5. Senator Wayne Allard have all requested informa.
<br />on. Stille Ref!. Mark LarsOl1, she said, had also COnlac[.
<br />d them sevcr.tl {imcs and has spoken fo the Counly
<br />'ommj~siollers ahout visiting with representari vcs from
<br />IC Slate Con.o;ct\";l(ion Board. She continued that Slate
<br />cp. A1e~ander has also bet.-n working with thc group.
<br />Tom Perlie. dirtX;!()r of /he Western Colorado Congre.~s,
<br />rc.~er.trd Ihe slide show and slate upd:llc on issues con.
<br />:rninc Brave! pil~, He show~d slidc.~ of the damage to
<br />oodplcins and riverbeds gravel pits are doing. The slides
<br />lowed crnb.:mks, dying llees, and damage [0 wetlands
<br />1f1 ripJrian arCil~.
<br />"crlic ~,;ld th~t. since 1973. OVo=r 3.200 al"Dric:;ltinll~
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<br />pifS". \Vhen asled if he had done any fcscnn-h into wl1:lI
<br />restriclions [he Monlezuma County Commi~sioners h.ld.
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