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~ ~ ~ii~+-! ~a~, 2~ ,+-µ.b exc. <br />Ivlr. John lti. Reese R~Y <br />13isrrict Fsgineer @q- <br />13S Army Corps cf Engineers ~Qp <br />1325 J St. ~ ~ R ~~ S ?0~ <br />Sacramento, Ca 95 8 7 4-2922 May g, 1990 <br />let:: Public Notice # 399475240 bno ~e,~$ /,~ <br />~~~/' <br />TN'Y'~~'H3bBCJ~~'BfbN <br />i am presently retained as a consultant to a ~ oep of iandciwmers who live alvrg the <br />Animas River adacent to the gravel mining areas eddeessed a~ t:~tis review. T ant a Certi¢,ed <br />gro;essiona! Hydrologist, p,Y~l. through the Americart:ns',itutc o€.:ydrelr,;y. F have focusEd oa <br />river research, ftuviai geomorphology, sedinentoiogy, strea.:n bank erosion, stream channel <br />maintenance flows anud watershed management fw 32 years, livis,g in Colorado for fire last 21 <br />years. 1 conduce short courses or< rivers for approximately 560 peopFe! year ti:roughoui North <br />America attd conduct restoration end research o^ rivers. Enclosed in the snpendix is a sfsortened <br />sunurary of my experience and baclgrout;d, <br />1 atten~eed a field review, May 6 and ^,, ] 996, with *.ite J5 : krmy Corp of Engineers, E2n, <br />and Staee of Colorado agencies including tSte Division of Pater duality and Y)iviston of Wildlife, <br />slong with the ,, avei mining compa~aies who 2rz applying Sor gravcY exsacrion permits <br />including: Mountain redi-mix, ?homes pit, (permit aoplicatic,Y # 199675206}; Hermosa <br />Meadows (permit application Y99475345}; Sa_ndko, D3iton Pit {;~:ernut application # 199475340); <br />Animas Val.ey, ABS^v pie (permit application. it 199175347}; tWilSowbend, (pernie # <br />Y 9947564>); and cumetT, (~;;rrrit a;;plica:iar, ':495764^6;. <br />I have observed the Animas river since 19QO, conrzned about the tnane;er in which ir.- <br />channel gravel miring `.nas bean implemented. i'he ever zppears 20 get worse every year <br />As a result of training operations, fife river has been entrenched {deeply incised-vertically <br />contained) and overly widened, resulting in the ieflowiro adverse consequences: <br />