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Advisory council approves top RTP trail awards for Grand County; $842,834 in grants recommended with contract conditions
Summary
The Utah WHP Advisory Council approved a slate of Recreational Trails Program grants led by three Grand County trail‑maintenance projects; members added contract language requiring local user‑group coordination on work at contentious obstacles and set conditions on several equipment awards.
The Utah WHP Advisory Council approved recommendations to fund a series of Recreational Trails Program (RTP) projects and equipment requests at its review meeting, endorsing a slate of trail‑maintenance proposals led by three Grand County projects in Moab.
Council staff reported an increase in available RTP funds due to a $325,000 rollover, bringing total funds discussed in the meeting to about $1.887 million and placing the motorized share at roughly half that amount. The council reviewed 12 applications and moved to approve its top three ranked projects — all trail‑maintenance efforts in Grand County — with a contract condition that the Bureau of Land Management coordinate planned work at Pritchett Canyon’s “Down and Dirty” obstacle with local motorized user groups.
"If we're going to fund it, I feel like the BLM should work very…
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