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Rec programs help individuals steward public land

A new Chaffee Rec Adopters program that begins July 13 is seeking volunteers to use a newly developed mobile app to inventory dispersed campsites at twice monthly meet-up and training events. “Adopters” also can inventory sites on their own and take actions in areas important to them, once they receive a short training, a press release stated. “Volunteers will directly contribute to healthier lands by documenting campsite locations and optionally picking up trash, fixing campsite containment fences and poorly built campfire rings as they provide more presence in our beautiful outdoors,” Dominique Naccarato, executive director of the Greater Arkansas River Nature Association, a program partner, said in the release.

Commissioners approve almost $2 5 million in Common Grounds grants

Chaffee County Commissioners approved $2,448,241 in grant awards to 18 recipients during the Spring 2021 Chaffee Common Ground grant funding cycle. Recommendations by the Citizens Advisory Committee were approved recently. Twenty applications requesting $2.92 million were received. The grant funding package includes $2,015,600 for forest health and wildfire resilience, $249,640 to sustain rural landscapes, and $183,001 for recreation management that protects watersheds and landscapes in Chaffee County. Matching cash and in-kind funds total $10.5 million. This marked the third funding cycle since the ballot measure generating Common Ground revenues passed in 2018. To date, more than $5 million has been awarded to 23 local groups and partnerships for 36 programs and projects. Matching investments for these grants will bring $22 million in value to the community by 2026. 

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