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Article: Returning Guanella Pass To Nature.
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- Rocky Mountain Construction
- Article date:
- April 14, 2008
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By Carol Carder
Guanella Pass revegetation, Westerly Creek landscaping receive ALCC awards
"Nobody had ever done an alpine tundra project of this scale," says Ron Dean of American Civil Constructors Inc. (ACC), Centennial, Colo., speaking of the successful high altitude sod transplant on Guanella Pass above Georgetown, Colo. "We literally had to invent the tools in shop and partially in the field to do the job."
The Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado recently recognized this reclamation project in its Excellence in Landscape awards. The $180,000-reclamation including the alpine tundra transplant is part of the $20-million Phase I ...