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rU <br /> <br /> - ---- <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLOI~DO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Nawral Resources <br />I J 13 Sherman St., Room ? 15 <br /> <br />Denier, Colorado 80:03 I~~~ <br />Phone. 1}031 866-3567 <br />FAa: 13011 A}!-AIUb <br /> DENARTPAENT OF <br /> NATURAL <br /> RESOURCES <br /> Rm Romrr <br /> Gor error <br />November 18, 1997 larnrs s. lnchncad <br /> E.ecmive Dimaor <br />AtichuPl 6. LOrtF <br />Mike Nuemann Oi.-ision Dueuur <br />TerraMatrix <br />P.O. Box 774018 <br />1475 Pine Grove Rd <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 <br />RE: DMG Shrub Tour and Revegetation Rule-making <br />Dear Mr. Nuemann: <br />This letter is a belated "thank you" and an update following the shrub establishment tour <br />you participated in this past July. I would also like to inform you of the progress of our <br />renewed effort to revise portions of the regulations pertaining to revegetation <br />performance standards. On behalf of the Division of Minerals and Geology, I wanted <br />to express our appreciation to TerraMatrix for hosting a part of the tour and to thank you <br />for participating in the tour. <br />As you know, the Division is interested in pursuing beneficial and productive resolution <br />to the challenges faced by Colorado coal mines in establishing shrubs on reclaimed mined <br />lands. Toward that goal, this year's shrub tour was organized as afact-finding mission. <br />The tour gave Division staff and reclamation staff from several northwest coal mines an <br />opportunity to review and assess some of the shrub establishment efforts undertaken in <br />the past. We at the Division feel that the tour was a successful and useful effort. We <br />hope that you gained some useful information from the tour, as well. <br />As we discussed during the tour, the Division hopes to resolve three general questions <br />related to the use of shrubs in reclamation. First, is the establishment of shrubs on <br />reclaimed lands essential? Second, what are the successes and failures of past shrub <br />establishment efforts? Finally, what types of success standards and sampling methods <br />are most appropriate for areas where shrubs are a required component of reclamation? <br />In order to address the first question, input from the Colorado Division of Wildlife will be <br />necessary. While it is unfortunate that the CDOW was unable to participate in the tour, <br />