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Griffith Peninsula at Lake San Cristobal. Photo courtesy of The Trust for Public Land.
Great news!
The GOCO board has awarded $6,935,509 in funding to 21 projects across the state through the Resilient Communities Program (RCP), which funds one-time, immediate needs or opportunities that have emerged in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program helps partners advance outdoor recreation, stewardship, and land protection projects in a manner that best reflects community needs and priorities at this unique moment in time.
The awarded funding will be used for many purposes, including to:
- Support community conservation and restoration projects in Gunnison County, Park County, and across the Roaring Fork Valley
- Address critical trail and natural resource stewardship needs in Colorado Springs, Ca?on City, Longmont, Pitkin County, Clear Creek County, Denver, Durango, and three state parks
- Build capacity to steward and maintain local parks in Colorado Springs, Denver, and Durango
- Facilitate the development or expansion of trailheads, trailhead facilities, or campgrounds at Carter Lake, across Grand County, in Ca?on City, Loveland, and Clear Creek County
- Support land acquisitions that provide public access in three communities experiencing unprecedented rural real estate sales in Hot Sulphur Springs, near Lake City, and in Alma
Funded projects are listed below. For project details, read our news release >>
Resilient Communities Program
- Addressing Stewardship and Conservation Needs in Park County, $129,061 grant to Mountain Area Land Trust
- Alma Town Park and Buckskin Gulch Land Acquisitions, $320,000 grant to Town of Alma
- Colorado Outdoor Regional Partnerships Initiative, $320,000 grant to Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Connecting Communities to Conserved Lands, $399,665 grant to Aspen Valley Land Trust
- Dedicated Transboundary Pile Burn Crew for Addressing the Pandemic Fuels, $751,681 grant to Forest Stewards Guild
- Durango Open Space and Trails Program Support, $140,605 grant to City of Durango
- Fremont County Campground and Trail Critical Stewardship Project, $129,255 grant to City of Ca?on City
- Glacier Farm, $127,292 grant to Crested Butte Land Trust
- Himebaugh Creek Property Acquisition, $208,750 grant to Town of Hot Sulphur Springs
- Lake San Cristobal Island, $1,305,000 grant to The Trust for Public Land
- Longmont Emerging Land Stewardship Needs, $219,585 grant to City of Longmont
- Making Clear Creek County More Resilient, in the Vast, Great Outdoors, $343,933 grant to Clear Creek County
- Oxbow Natural Area and Loveland Recreation Trail, $330,332 grant to City of Loveland
- Parking & Trailhead Enhancements for COVID Compliance & Capacity, $250,000 grant to Grand County
- Resiliency through Community Connections, $296,778 grant to High Line Canal Conservancy
- Resilient Communities Youth Program, $456,646 grant to City and County of Denver
- Sky View Campground at Carter Lake, $475,334 grant to Larimer County
- Stewardship of Public Parks and Open Spaces in Colorado, $340,000 grant to City of Colorado Springs
- TeamWorks-State Park Collaborative, $81,163 grant to Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- The Cuchara Mountain Park Resiliency Project, $219,602 grant to Huerfano County
- Volunteer Stewardship on Pitkin County Open Space, $90,825 grant to Pitkin County
To review projects awarded Resilient Communities grants in previous rounds, read this release from August and this release from September.
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state's parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces. GOCO's independent board awards competitive grants to local governments and land trusts, and makes investments through Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Created when voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1992, GOCO has since funded more than 5,300 projects in all 64 counties of Colorado without any tax dollar support. Visit GOCO.org for more information.
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