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<br />Further we find it to be of utmost importance that the removal of aggregate from <br />the river be closely monitored such that this can not occur again. In theory, it makes <br />sense that gravel deposited during heavy runoff be mined in order to maintain some <br />sort of equilibrium and "flood control", In actuality, what has occurred here is that tar <br />more gravel has been removed over the years than has been replenished by the <br />river's flow, resulting in a dramatically lowered stream bed. We ask for a reasonable <br />and responsible approach to any mining activity in the river. <br />These are concerns as they pertain to me and to my neighbors sharing in <br />Wallace Ditch water rights. There are neighbors upstream of us who do nit share in <br />these water rights and whose concerns are not quite the same as ours in this respect. <br />However, they have been Impacted by these mining activities that have resulted in lost <br />land, lost river front and potential lowered water table. These are concerns that can be <br />addressed by the same remediation as specified above. <br />Thanks very much for your attention to this matter, Jim. <br />Sincerely, <br />Geof Schlittgen <br />encl.: Copy of letter from Cap Allen to Army Corps of Engineers dated April 9, 1996, <br />copy of letter from David L. Aosgen, Hydrologist to Army Corps of Engineers. <br />