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Governor
John Hickenlooper ;j j j r , ;; i�: STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS
William E. Ryan, Division Director
Department of Natural Resources 1127 Sherman Street, Suite 300
Mike King, Executive Director tq kV 41 Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303)866-3454
Fax: (303) 866-3152
Managing
Ms. Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair State Trust Lands
Weld County Commissioners Since 1876
1150 "O" Street
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632 November 15, 2011
Dear Ms. Kirkmeyer,
This letter is to inform you that 40 acres of state trust lands identified as Twp 9 North, Range 60 West,
Section 36 (NWNW) and known as "Pawnee National Grasslands" Stewardship Trust parcel are being
recommended for removal from the Stewardship Trust established by the State Board of Land
Commissioners (hereinafter the State Land Board) pursuant to Article IX, Section 10(1)(b)(I) and C.R.S.
36-1-107.5. These lands were nominated for inclusion into the Stewardship Trust by the Colorado
Division of Wildlife (now the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife) in March 1998 and designated by
the State Land Board into the Stewardship Trust in December 1998.
The Weld County Board of County Commissioners is being notified via certified mail of the
recommended removal of these lands from the Stewardship Trust as the local governing body of this area.
The State Land Board's Policy 2001-02 states that "when staff intends to recommend a Board action to
remove lands from the Stewardship Trust, they shall send certified letters to all current lessees; the
original nominator (if practicable); and the appropriate local, state and federal government agencies
informing them of the proposed removal and inviting them to comment on the proposed action. "
The State Land Board is recommending that this 40-acre tract of land be removed from the Stewardship
Trust due to the proposed land-for-land exchange of the property with Mike and Peggy Schutt as part of
the "Keota Land for Land Exchange". These lands will be replaced with other lands immediately
adjacent to Section 36 as part of the exchange. Please note that this exchange will not affect the state
trust lands containing the teepee rings and moss rock ridge containing dinosaur bones on Section 36;
those lands will remain in the Stewardship Trust and still be owned by the State Land Board.
If you have any comments or concerns about the removal of these lands from the Stewardship Trust,
please submit your comments to my attention at the above address within 30 days of the receipt of this
notice. Please contact me at(303) 866-3454 extension 3318 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Mindy Gottseg n
Stewardship Trust/Conservation Services Manager
cc. North Central District Office
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COMMISSIONERS: Buck Blessing,Michele A. Bloom,Richard L. Downey,Thomas R. Hoyt,Sandra A.Leinsdorf
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