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111 Illllllllllll III <br />999 <br />MEMO <br />To: Coal Staff <br />From: Tom Kaldenbach~K <br />Date: June 29, 1999 <br />Re: Trapper Mine, Permit C-81-010 <br />I nominate Trapper Mine for the CMA award in the large surface mine category. <br />Although Trapper Mine's overall reclamation success is commendable, Trapper really <br />went the extra mile recently when the mine Geld an Earth Day open house on April 17, <br />1999. The event was a resounding success attended by more than 350 people mainly <br />from the Craig area. It was an effective community outreach effort that informed the <br />public on how a large surface coal mine can be successfully reclaimed <br />The event included: <br />1. A sunrise trip to a re-established sharp-tail lek on Trapper's reclamation. The <br />sharp-tails were strutting their stuff right on cue. A CDOW wildlife biologist <br />gave a talk during the trip. <br />2. Mine tours (with extra class credit arranged for local students, thus boosting <br />attendance by youngsters). <br />3. A free pancake breakfast in the haul truck preventative maintenance bay. <br />4. Information booths and posters about the mine and the mine-mouth power <br />plant. Representatives from the power-plant manned a booth. <br />5. Radio broadcasts from the mine on the local radio station. <br />Trapper had intensively publicized the event locally in the preceding two weeks. Trapper <br />Mining Inc. President Gordon Peters recorded a radio adverstisement inviting all to the <br />event and the pancake breakfast. <br />Trapper Mine environmental manager, Forrest Luke, says that a few of the locals said <br />they were unaware there was a mine south of town. <br />