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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80.203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />December 2, 2009 <br />Mr. Stuart Sanderson <br />President <br />Colorado Mining Association <br />216 16"' Street, Suite 1250 <br />Denver., CO 80202 <br />Re: 2009 Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />Coal Program/Colorado Mining Association (CMA) - Coal Reclamation Awards <br />Dear Stuart: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S ION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />I am pleased to forward the following nominations from the DRMS Coal Program, for the 2009 <br />DRMS and CMA Coal Mining and Reclamation Awards: <br />Excellence in Reclamation <br />Seneca Coal Company <br />36600Routt County Road 27 <br />P.O. Box 670 <br />Hayden, CO 81639 <br />Contact: Roy Karo <br />(970) 276-5217 <br />The Division nominates Seneca Coal Company (SCC) for their participation in a series of studies <br />addressing aspen reestablishment on reclaimed coal mined lands. The studies were initiated in <br />2004, and continued through 2009, on sites at SCC's Seneca II-W and Yoast Mines, in Routt <br />County. <br />Seneca Coal Company provided study sites, equipment, and materials for the studies, which were <br />designed and conducted by researchers from the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research <br />Station (RMRS), with assistance from the Colorado State University Department of Forest, <br />Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship (CSU). The studies were funded in large part by the <br />Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), through the National <br />Office of <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines