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Colorado mountain residents got so frustrated by gold and gravel mining churning through wetlands along headwaters of the South Platte River that they took oversight into their own hands. And, after a seven-year fight that led to federal court, they recently prevailed. They won a ruling that tilts the legal landscape nationwide in favor of controlling water pollution. But now leaders in Alma and neighboring Fairplay say they don鈥檛 want to block mining — just make sure it doesn鈥檛 destroy nature.