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<br />~I I I I~ I I~ I I~ II~~ II~ <br />1'he Hortlcultarai Art Scceety of Coio~ydo Springs <br />P.O. Box 9812 <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado 80932 <br />runed Land Reclamation Board <br />Dept. of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado <br />Ootober 18, 1977 F~ECEI VED <br />OCT 1 91977 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />Colo. Oept. of Natural Resources <br />Dear Board Members: <br />rr <br />~~, <br />r <br />:,e <br />,~ <br />\\ <br />`; <br />The Horticultural Art Society of Colorado Springs, representing <br />some 370 practicing gardeners wishes to 0 on record as opposing <br />the granting of permits to~~~or the con- <br />tinued operation of three ainsi a quarries in ur region. <br />Over the past 23 years, these mining operations, in our judgement, <br />have sorely damaged our City's mountain backdrop. With the ievelop- <br />ment of these quarries, vegetation has been destroyed and tha con- <br />tours of the land grossly distorted. <br />Castle's efforts toward reclamation have been sporatic and, ~n the <br />whole, unsuccessful. This comes as no surprise to horticultirists <br />who recognize how difficult it is to grow new plant material on <br />rocky ground in windswe?t locations without supplemental moisture. <br />Projections for the continued operation of these quarries in co the <br />next century would permit Castle unlimited freedom to devast;ite the <br />land, increase the area's air pollution problems, and comoowid drain- <br />age through the White House Ranch area of the Garden of the (rods, our <br />world-famed city park. (The Horticultural Society is presem:ly nego- <br />tiating for the use of 165 acres of this land for the development of <br />a Botanical/lhvironmental Center.) <br />S~i(/n~'ce~relyh/y/~~our , <br />wed L: Goldsby <br />President, Horticultural Art Society <br />925 Tenderfoot Hill Rd., Apt. 223 <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 <br /> <br />i <br />f') <br />i <br />3 <br />