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<br />Mr. John N. Reese <br />District Engineer <br />US At~rty Corps of Engineers <br />13zs J st. <br />Sacramento. C'a 9>814-2922 <br />Re: Public Notice 1? 199475260 <br />INTRODLtCTIO~f <br /> <br />May 9, 1996 <br />Rec,elved <br />A;i"u 3 3 1?~+6 <br />DENVER Du :tn~~~ ~^-:'.d cY;cs <br />OFFICE ~:, ~ ` , ° -~ e. c~~o9Y <br />1 am presently retained as ~ consultant to a group of lando•.~ners w'ho live along the <br />Animas River adjacent to the gravel mining areas addressed ir, this revie~c. I ant a certified <br />professional Hydrologist, P.H. through the American institute of Hydrology. I have focused on <br />river research, fluvial geomorphology, sedintertology, stream barb: erosion, stream channel <br />maintenance flows and watershed management for 32 years, living in Colorado for the last 21 <br />years. 1 conduct short courses on rivers t~~r approximately 500 people/ year throughout North <br />America and conduct restoration any research on rivers F.nci;,sed in tlr~ appendix is a shortened <br />summary of my experience and background. <br />anendcd c field review, ;~iay 6 and 7, 1995, with the US Army Corp of Engineers, EPA, <br />and State of Colorado agencies including the Division of l~'ater Quality and Division of «`ildlif'e, <br />along with the gravel tr.ining companies who a;e applying for gravel extraction pemtis <br />including: D1ourtain redi•rnix, Thomas pit. (permit application > ! 99475200), Hermosa <br />Meadows (permit application 199475345); Sandko. Dalton Pit (permit application n 19947346); <br />Animas Valley, ABSG pit (permit application ~ 199475347); W'iCovvbend. (permit # <br />199475349); and Burnett, (permit application 199575400). <br />I have observed the Animas river since 1986, concreted about the manner in which in- <br />channel gravel mining has been implemented The river appears ro get worse avert' year <br />As a result of mining operations. the river has been enir°.nched (deeply incised-vertically <br />contained) and overly widened, resulting in the following adverse conse~;uences: <br />