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Wildlife Resources Assessment Cemex "C" Pit and CKD Disposal Site Page 16 ' Other recent wildlife impact assessments include: • management assessment for the Bald Eagle, Piping Plover and Least Tern at John Martin ' Reservoir State Park • Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in El Paso County • 12,000 acre wind energy site in Prowers County • 200 acre concert facility in Larimer County located on a 1,450 acre ranch • mine projects in Jefferson, Boulder and Larimer Counties • 1,800 acre mixed use annexation to City of Brighton Conservation Easement Baseline Inventories and Reports Reports completed on more than one hundred forty properties in nineteen Colorado counties, totaling over 100,000 acres. Baseline reports establish specific resources to be protected by ' conservation easements, and the public interest served by these easements. Mike has conducted workshops on baseline report methodology for the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts and other land conservation organizations in Colorado. These projects are real estate transactions that require analysis of risk management, personal and corporate liability, and real estate due diligence and disclosure as applied to natural resource management and land trust industry standards and practices. From 2000 to the present Mike has been a consultant to Adams County Parks Department on the South Platte River Great Outdoors Colorado Legacy Grant including the McIntosh Dairy Farm, Bald Eagle Conservation Easement, and Bromley open space acquisition. Projects include conservation easements, fee simple acquisitions, floodplain issues, agricultural preservation, wildlife management and trail development. The legacy grant covers 12 miles of the South Platte River from Commerce City to Brighton. ' RELEVANT PUBLIC SERVICE • City of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees 1986-1990 (Chair 1990). Appointment by City Council. • City of Boulder Open Space Departmental Productivity Committee (1991). Appointment by Open Space Board of Trustees. • City of Boulder Open Space Visitor Plan Advisory Committee I (2001). Appointment by Open Space Board of Trustees. • North Foothills Open Space Advisory Committee (Chair). Appointment by Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. • North St. Vrain Advisory Committee, Coordinating Subcommittee (1987-96). Appointment ' by Congressman David Skaggs and the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. • City of Boulder Dog Roundtable, Coordinating Subcommittee (1996-97). Appointment by City Manager. ' Boulder County Wildfire Mitigation Group, Environmental Roundtable (1997-98). Invitation by Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest and Colorado State Forest Service. Organizational Affiliations and Leadership Experience ' Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts, founder Colorado Bird Atlas Partnership Colorado Native Plant Society ' Colorado Open Lands Estes Valley Land Trust The Nature Conservancy Boulder Audubon Society, Board of Directors Boulder County Nature Association, founder, Vice President, President Boulder County Land Trust, Executive Director, Board of Directors ' Foothills Audubon Club Plan Boulder County