GOCO awards $57 million for preservation

Posted by egable on December 4th, 2007 filed in Land conservation

State lottery-funded Great Outdoors Colorado announced yesterday that it has awarded $57 million to help preserve 138,000 acres statewide. Several of the projects receiving funds surround river corridors, including the South Platte, Fountain Creek and the Rio Grande. The $57 million provides additional funds to nine established projects and creates six new projects.

The story was covered in the  Aspen Times, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post, Denver Rocky Mountain News and Durango Herald.