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~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />July 21,1997 III IIIIIIIIIIIII III RECEIVED <br />JUL 2 41997 <br />Jim Stevens <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology Blwl.§Idn of Minoralo,y geP~PgY <br />1313 Sherman Street Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />This letter is a response to the proposed gravel operation in Parkdale, CO. <br />directly across from the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area facility. <br />Arkansas River Outfitters Association is opposed to a `life of the mine' <br />conditional use permit by Agile Stone Systems in this area. Our <br />membership is in agreement that the visual degradation of the aesthetic <br />beauty of this area will adversely affect tourism in the Royal Gorge region. <br />At this time over 125,000 people use the AHRA site for river access, fishing, <br />picnics and sightseeing annually. This does not include several thousand <br />visitors to the Royal Gorge or Canon City area who come for our <br />outstanding scenery, whitewater and a chance to view wildlife. <br />We believe mining activities such as blasting; crushing, screening and <br />loading will create a severe noise problem affecting the experience of area <br />visitors. Other major concerns include the impact on Bighorn sheep and the <br />possible sedimentation in Tallahassee Creek, atrout-spawning stream. <br />There are several gravel businesses located in Fremont County and we <br />question the need for additional operations to supply the same product. As <br />major employers in the tourism industry, the number one industry of our <br />state, we hope you will carefully consider our concerns. Impacting the <br />hundreds of tourism related_lobs for a small number of mining jobs do not <br />seem to benefit our area at this time. We are not against mining in general, <br />just this mine in a very critical location to the tourism industry. <br />Sincerely, <br />,~ ~~~~~ <br />Bob Hamel, <br />Vice-Chairman <br />Arkansas River Outfitters Assoc. <br />S '- <br />r~o~~1 <br />no~~' ~:~, ., ~,'. 687 - O~Sa <br />T~rere it h0 a~~rQ~ ~ ~ r <br />fG ~1~ ~~ / `~eY <br />w~.~l ~o re~~E"er-ece ..~ <br />f~ P s ~,~., : v -x- <br />~" <br />SQ~~~u ~ ~a.,~u-~ li {~~~ Sr,~~ <br />r0~` ~a,..J' wu n uew.6~'f '"r' <br />B,6 //RV+e~~ ARoG <br />