Middle Colorado Watershed Council outlines Rifle Creek projects, seeks council field trip and support

A representative of the Middle Colorado Watershed Council outlined watershed-restoration work for Rifle Creek and Government Creek, highlighting recent grant awards and partnerships. The group reported $100,000 in secured grants for Government Creek engineering and modeling, $7,500 invested in HVAC upgrades at the River Stop visitor amenity, and a $10,000 capacity grant from the Aspen Environment Foundation that helped leverage roughly $146,000 in follow-on funds. "From the reservoir to the river is 6.5 miles and we're moving from the planning to the engineering and construction at this point on most of those projects," the presenter said.