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Resources, Reports, and Suggested Websites

Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group

Planning Documents

Watershed Plan: Watershed Management Plan for the Upper Lefthand Creek Watershed, Boulder County, Colorado, August 10, 2005 (PDF3.54 MB)

Analysis and Reports

Assessment of Metal Contamination in Sediments and Waste Rock Piles in the Lefthand Creek Watershed, Northwestern Boulder County, Colorado, 2005-2007 (PDF 3.46 MB)

Assessment of Metal Contamination of Benthic Macroinvertabrates in the Lefthand Watershed, Northwestern Boulder County, Colorado, 2005 (PDF 928 KB)

Sediment Toxicity Tests Released, Lefthand Watershed , 2006 (PDF 1.7 MB)

Characterization and Prioritization of Mining Related Metal Sources in the Streams and Streambed Sediments of the Lefthand Creek Watershed, Northwestern Boulder County, Colorado, 2002-2003 (PDF 1.63 MB)

Newsletters

Spring 2007 (PDF 505 KB)

Summer 2006 (PDF 567 KB)

Fall 2005 (PDF 812 KB)

State, Local and Federal Governments

Boulder County Public Health (BCPH)
http://www.co.boulder.co.us/health/

BCPH Water Quality Program
http://www.co.boulder.co.us/health/environ/water/

Report to Boulder County Board of Health, 3/11/02 (PDF 4.4 MB)

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
www.cdphe.state.co.us/

REGULATION NO. 31: THE BASIC STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR SURFACE WATER (5 CCR 1002-31) (PDF 4,157) KB)

Captain Jack Mill

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
www.epa.gov

Captain Jack Mill added to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites

Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology

Best Practices in Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (PDF 1.01 MB)

Community Organizations

Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network (BASIN)
"BASIN is a local community service network offering public access to environmental information. BASIN's initial focus is on water in Boulder County, CO: where it comes from, goes to and how we use it." bcn.boulder.co.us/basin/

Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative (BCWI)
The Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative is a non-profit organization dedicated to informing the community about water resources and issues that affect the health of Boulder Creek Watershed.
www.bcn.boulder.co.us/basin/bcwi/

James Creek Watershed Initiative (JCWI)
www.JamesCreekWatershed.org

Trout Unlimited
www.cotrout.org

Report: Settled, Mined, and Left Behind: The Legacy of Abandoned Hardrock Mines for the Rivers and Fish of the American West, and Solutions for Cleaning Them Up (PDF 1.23 MB)

AMD & Art
Artfully Transforming Environmental Liabilities Into Community Assets
www.amdandart.org

University

University of Colorado
www.colorado.edu

Report: James Creek Off-Highway Vehicle study

Report: Metals loading from Abandoned Mines in the LefthandCreek Watershed (PDF 1.45 MB)

We will continue to add useful links to our site.

If you have any suggestions for links, please contact us at
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