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King Mountain Sand and Gravel Mine Ecological Resources Assessment Page 22 • management assessment fot [he Bald Eagle, Piping Plover and Leas[ Tern a[ John Marlin Reservoir Slate Pazk near La Junta • Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in EI Paso County • 12,000 acre wind energy site in Prowers County • 200 acre concert facility in Lazimer County located on a 1,450 acre ranch • mine projects in Jefferson, Boulder and Larimer Counties • 1,800 acre mixed use annexation to City of Brighton • 680 acre mixed use annexation to Ci[y of Brighton Conservation Easement Baseline Inventories and Reports Reports completed on more thari one hundred fifty properties in twenty-eight Colorado counties, totaling over 160,000 acres. Baseline reports establish specific resources to be protected by conservation easements, and the public interest served by these easements. Mike has conducted workshops on baseline report methodology for the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts and other land conservation organizations in Colorado. These projects are real estate transactions that require analysis of risk management, personal and corporate liability, and real estate due diligence and disclosure as applied to natural resource management and land trust industry standards and practices. From 2000 to the present Mike has been a consultant to Adams County Parks Department on the South Platte River Great Outdoors Colorado Legacy Gran[ including the McIntosh Dairy Fazm, Bald Eagle Conservation Easement, and Bromley open space acquisition. Projects include conservation easements, fee simple acquisitions, floodplain issues, agricultural preservation, wildlife management and trail development. The legacy grant covers 12 miles of the South Platte River from Commerce City [o Brighton. RELEVANT PUBLlC SERVLCE • City of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees 1986-1990 (Chair 1990). Appointment by City Council. • City of Boulder Open Space Departmental Productivity Committee (1991). Appointment by Open Space Board of Trustees. • City of Boulder_Open Space Visitor Plan Advisory Committee I (2001). Appointment by Open Space Board of Trustees. • North Foothills Open Space Advisory Committee (Chair). Appointment by Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. • North St. Vrain Advisory Committee, Coordinating Subcommittee (1987-96). Appointment by Congressman David Skaggs and the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. • City of Boulder Dog Roundtable, Coordinating Subcommit[ec (1996-97). Appointment by City Manager. • Boulder County Wildfire Mitigation Group, Environmental Roundtable (1997-98). Invitation by ArapaholRooseveltNationa1 Forest and Colorado Stale Forest Service. Organizational Affiliations and Leadership Experience Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts, founder Colorado Sird Atlas Partnership Colorado Native Plant Society Colorado Open Lands Estes Valley Land Trust The Nature Conservancy Boulder Audubon Society, Board of Directors Boulder County Nature Association, founder, Vice President, President Boulder County Land Trust, Executive Director, Board of Directors Foothills Audubon Club Plan Boulder County