The Great Outdoors Colorado board awarded a $20,900 grant to Summit County for forest fuel mitigation to support wildfire prevention near Keystone Resort.
The project comes as part of Great Outdoors Colorado’s Conservation Service Corps grant program, a partnership with the Colorado Youth Corps Association that offers money to fund outdoor recreation and natural resource stewardship projects.
“These projects create jobs across the state while ensuring our iconic public lands are well-maintained and accessible to improve the physical and emotional well-being of Coloradans,” Scott Segerstrom, executive director of the youth corps association, said in a release.
A chain saw crew from the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will clear dead trees from 15 acres of the Settler’s Creek Open Space, which is on the eastern portion of the Keystone Resort development area near three townhome developments. The area was designated as a priority in the community wildfire protection plan for the Snake River basin in 2016.