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BOCC backs letter of support for $500,000 GCWIN BLM grant to fund program manager
Summary
The board approved a letter supporting a BLM Colorado River Headwaters grant application from GCWIN asking for $500,000 over five years to fund a full‑time program manager and database maintenance; no county cash match was requested.
Catherine Morris, Grand County water quality manager, asked the Board to sign a letter supporting a BLM Colorado River Headwaters grant application that would fund GCWIN to hire a full‑time program manager and maintain a project database. "It's a $500,000 ask over the next 5 years. There is no cash match. There is no BOCC funding request," Morris said.
Commissioner (speaker 2) moved to approve the letter of support, noting Grand County's heavy exposure to trans‑mountain diversions and the county's public‑lands context. The motion passed by voice vote and the chair was authorized to sign the letter of concurrence. Commissioners indicated the letter language drew from the county's wildfire‑ready watershed messaging and said they would coordinate internally on next steps if the grant is awarded.
