CONCERN: MINING 



53. To carry out a stream reclamation project on the 



Prickly Pear drainage for abatement of acid mine 

 drainage problems, the CDD will support efforts 

 of the Montana Department of State Lands to use 

 Abandoned Mine Land Program money for the 

 Prickly Pear project. Also the CDD will request 

 that the CDs support this project and recommend 

 use of these funds on other mine drainage pro- 

 jects identified in some of the CDs' water quality 

 management plans. 



54. To assist CDs with land use conversion and 



aquifer disruption problems with coal strip min- 

 ing. Emphasis will be placed on preserving prime, 

 unique, and statewide important farmland (see 

 Changes in Land Use section), and determining 

 effects of proposed coal strip mining on aquifers. 



CONCERN: FISH HABITAT 



55. To provide adequate in-stream flows for fish 



habitat, the CDD will encourage fish and wildlife 

 management agencies to work with CDs and ir- 



rigators to research the feasibility of constructing 

 off-stream storage sites for joint irrigation and in- 

 stream flow needs. 



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