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~ • III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />The Horttcultural Art Society of Colorodo Jprings <br />P.O. Box 9812 <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado 80932 <br /> <br /> <br />,;~,. <br />,. <br />\\ <br /> <br />I:ined Land Zeclarration Board <br />Oept. of i7atural 3esources <br />1313 ,herrran Street <br />Denver, Colorado <br />Dear Board I+:embers: <br />October 18, 1977 RECEf VED <br />OCT 1 91977 <br />PAINED LAND RECLgMgrIDN <br />Colo. Depl. of Natural Resources <br />The i]orticultural Art Society of Colorario springs, representing <br />sor..e 370 practicing gardeners, wishes to ~o on record a> oposing <br />the Rranting of pewits toaCastle Concrete Coacpany~.fer '~!^e con- <br />tinued operation of three r,~ountainside quarries in'our region. <br />wer the oast 23 years, these c~inina, e~erations, in our judge^ent, <br />have sorely dammed our City's moiuitain backdrop. +ith the develo~r <br />sent of these quarries, vegetation has been destroyed and the con- <br />tours of the land grossly distorted. <br />Castle's efforts toward reclamation have been s~oratic and, on the <br />wi~ole, unsuccessful. 1'.ois comes as no surprise to horticulturists <br />who recognize how difficult it is to ~rrnv Herr plant material on <br />rocky eround in vrindsvrept locations vrit}lout su??lemental moisture. <br />c'roiectipns for -she continued operation of these marries into the <br />next cent~s^,~ v:ould oer:r.it Castle unlicited £reedo~: to devastate the <br />land, increase the area's air r].lution ?roblems, and compound drain- <br />age throueh the :L'hite House itanch area of the Garden cf the Gods, onr <br />vrorld-famed city park. (The Horticult-~ra1 .iociety is presently n°go- <br />tiating for the use of 16[ acres of this land for the development of <br />a Botanical%~nvironmental Center.) <br />Sincerely your, <br />~~ i <br />:~-e d L : G~ s <br />'resident, Horticnlbaral .Art Society <br />925 fenderfoot ?ill ltd., .apt. 22~ <br />Coloredo Springs, Colorarjo 80906 <br />~-f_211 <br />