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DRAFT lJ COLORADO NATURAL AREAS PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STATE OF COLORADO MOUNT CALLAHAN NATURAL AREA ARTICLES OF DESIGNATION These Articles of Designation, made this of 1987, by and between the State of Colorado, acting by and through the Department of Natural Resources, for the use and benefit of the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Colorado Natural Areas Program, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 718, Denver, Colorado 60203, hereinafter the Department, and the Occidental 011 Shale Incorporated, P.O. Box 2687, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81502, hereinafter the Owner. WHEREAS the Owner owns and manages certain lands totaling 360 acres as described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and known as the Mount Callahan Natural Area situated in the County of Garfield, State of Colorado, hereinafter the Property; and WHEREAS, the Owner has declared that the Property be preserved and protected as a biological preserve and natural area; WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to conduct and administer the provisions of the Colorado Natural Areas Act as set forth at C.R.S. 36-10-101, et sec.); and WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Act established a statewide Colorado Natural Areas Program, hereinafter the Program, to provide a means by which specific examples of Colorado's natural features and ecological phenomena can be identified, evaluated, and protected through a statewide system of designated natural areas; and WHEREAS, the Act established a Natural Areas Council, hereinafter the Council, which advises the Department on the administration of the Program and which recommends the designation of Colorado Natural Areas by the Department; and WHEREAS, the Department has determined, pursuant to its criteria, that the Property is a natural area and that it would be desirable to include the Property within the Colorado Natural Areas System as a designated Colorado Natural Area; and