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Board approves multiple Common Ground grants, tables one National Forest Foundation request and denies extra $100,000 request
Summary
The board approved a $150,000 Common Ground disbursement to the National Forest Foundation for Swatch Range restoration and awarded $40,476.98 to Chaffee County Fire for JP Chips; the board tabled a $450,000 NFF request pending a presentation and denied a Citizens Advisory Committee request for an additional $100,000 to the 2025 competitive grants pool.
Chaffee County commissioners acted on several Common Ground fund recommendations from the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC): they approved a $150,000 year‑two disbursement to the National Forest Foundation (NFF) for the Swatch Range restoration, approved a JP Chips award of $40,476.98 to Chaffee County Fire, and tabled an NFF request for a $450,000 deferred project until the foundation presents fuller plans.
The Swatch Range restoration funding was presented as year 2 of a multiyear partnership; the CAC recommended approving the full $150,000 now to avoid administrative complexity.…
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