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<br />rAX NO, 970 562 4257
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<br />Friday, July 27, 2001
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<br />DOLORES STAR
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<br />CF AR Continued [rom Page 3
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<br />s\;.lJf IClS lhe appliC&nt know what is adc. The State Minc:d Land Rcdama{ion
<br />quatc to fulflU the requirements according Board is made up of seven members. They
<br />lO stalC ~tatutes. Wbcn the appliCaI1l h:ls include people from indl1slI)', COMcrva.
<br />completed the ~uircn'.enls, the DMG tion, government, and other imeres~. <u'.d
<br />then begins to verify the issues. well as private citiz.ens. They are dlargcd
<br />Erickson said it is not 20. "overnight wilh considering every issuc concerning
<br />process. Il takes. 90 days to get the appli- an application, and making sure it satisfies
<br />cation. review it. and verify that it satisfies aU statuto!)' requUcmcnts. "It is a matrerof
<br />the statutory requiremenlS. This panicular law," said Erieoo!\. ''1bey have to base
<br />application wenl131 days." their decision on all the evidence; on facts
<br />Hc continued that Lhe ex.t~nsion wa:> and the information mad~ availablc to
<br />because of sigrllfkanl changes in thc them."
<br />application before it was approved. The local office of the Division of
<br />BOARD ORDER ISSUED Minerals and Gravel had presented:l 51-
<br />PRIOR TO HI-:ARL"G
<br />page document to CFAR two weeks prior
<br />Erickson continued that, prior to the for-
<br />10 the hC:lring. II outlines and stat~s exact.
<br />mal hC<1ring before the Stnt~ Mined Lam!
<br />I)' how and why the decisioo was made to
<br />Rec13.miltion Board, a pre-hearing confer.
<br />CIl\."C wa~ held. "It is basically IUl organiza. continue with the application for mining
<br />gravel at l.hc wne Camp Gravel Pit.
<br />, tional meeling, to distill and slreamJine the
<br />i~sues before the hearing. That way, the Thcreviewofth~UneCampGravelPit
<br />appiication was conducted by a team from
<br />hearing can be conducted in a more orgao~
<br />ized. fon:rull," he said. the Durango D).tG office It includ~d
<br />This results in II BO>Ud order on wh,\t Erickson, who has an cll.tensivc: back-
<br />witnesses an:: to be called, how much timt: ground it} ph)'sical geography and geDlogy
<br />they have, and what cvidence is to be sub. of Co lorn do. Thc geo.-ch<<nislI)' and water
<br />miued (to Ihe Slate bo:;lCd) from the confer- quality issues are reviewed by a staff
<br />cncc. It was, in fact, the frrst item the O1cmberwithaPh.D.ingeochelnislJyThe
<br />board considered in the hc;\ting on the noodplain and flooding issues are
<br />Linc Camp Or,wet Pit. Ericbon snid. reviewed by an expert staff engineer; who
<br />The Sl.lte Boord asked if anyone had is fami!i:;lC wilh the area's geology Md
<br />allY objectiolU to the pre-hearing orocr. geograpby. Erickson said the leam invest-
<br />Erickson said ilillt no one objccted, and L.~e ed Siglliflca.....t amounts of time 10 (Ilsure
<br />BoJIrl thcn lined out how much. time each that thc St3tUtory requirements on this, and
<br />persun had at l.he hearing. "In fact, thc wit. all. applications are met.
<br />nessc.s from CFAR were actually gi.,.cn He concluded, 'The record clearly
<br />more time than !.he board order allowed:' shows that the process was carried out
<br />hc said. "Howcver, late in thc formal hear. properly and in its ent~ty. It is not B fast
<br />ing, some protested that I.hc:y h:l.d not bccn process. and is, of necessity, a team effort
<br />given enough timc for research." on our pa..'t:'
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<br />Visi ts Continued from page' 1
<br />of 2000.
<br />lhere \.\"ere a total of 94.178 total
<br />,..ts1ts'ln June of t.h.Is year, compared
<br />to 98,175 visits durmgJune of 2000.
<br />These 3.997 fewer ..isits represent a
<br />4.1 ~rcent decrease.
<br />For the first six months of 2001,
<br />the park has seen 203.279 total ..'is.
<br />Us, compared to 207.487 \1sits dur-
<br />Ing the same perlod .of 2000. These
<br />4.208 fe......er ....isits represent a 2.0
<br />percent decrease from lastyear.s sta-
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<br />compared to 38,919 campers in the
<br />same pcr.od of 2000. This reduction
<br />of 3,228 campers represents an 8.3
<br />percent decrease.
<br />Superintendent Larry T, Wiese
<br />commented, \Ve're :starting to see
<br />the normal summer 1ncrease in Visi-
<br />tation thal starts around the Fourth
<br />of July. ''[ll.e ne>..'t few weeks wUl be
<br />pivotal in detenn1nl.ng the vtsltation
<br />pattern for the ..e:nUre summer.
<br />Obviously, we're hoptng for a strong
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<br />State's eagle p'
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<br />Despite severe spring storms that
<br />the death of ~veriil bald eagle
<br />Colorado's population of our D3tior
<br />bol is doing weU, Colorado Divi
<br />Wlldlifc (DOW) biologists monia
<br />of Ule known 51 nests docume
<br />eaglets that fledged, meaning they
<br />!he ability to fiy: Of these, 24 were
<br />'1 think we lost more young aft~
<br />tial hatch this year than is typical
<br />volunteer eagle bander Deanna
<br />said. .She n:{Xllted that at lC:l.t
<br />blo'-"-o out of its nest ftnd suspect
<br />deatbs wcre caused by hypolheCIT
<br />unusual cold and wet spring cond
<br />Unusually high winds also ere.
<br />lems blowing down nests. "Ele~'
<br />nest sites were constnlcted in IlC
<br />the samc gc.ueral area of last ).e:
<br />sh~ added.
<br />Th2 51 pairs of nesting bald e.
<br />highest ever rc.cordcd. since DOV
<br />Jerry Craig began the bald eJgl.
<br />ing program in 1974 when he..
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