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Trash to treasure: GJ man on a mission to clean up section of Matchett Park

Local organizations planning wildfire mitigation work along riverfront

Local agencies are working together to treat about 62 acres of land by removing potential wildfire fuel sources along Grnad Junction’s riverfront.

City relocates beavers when critters threaten infrastructure

The city of Grand Junction’s public works and parks and recreation departments occasionally have to reckon with an unusual problem jeopardizing infrastructure: beavers.

Matchett Park would provide much needed fields, trails, local leaders say

Just off Patterson Road there is a collection of undeveloped fields and a few informal trails that, if developed, would be the largest city park in Grand Junction. Matchett Park, which had been the proposed site for a community center, sports fields, bike trails and a community pavilion before being voted down in 2019, has sat undeveloped since the city purchased it in 1996. Since then, the city has developed two large parks — Canyon View and Long Family Memorial Park — but, in the time since, demand for sports fields and outdoor shelters has more than doubled. While a community center was identified as the top priority for Grand Junction residents in the recent Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Master Plan, there was interest in developing Matchett Park specifically. That interest extended to amenities a developed park would provide, such as multipurpose fields and trails.