Local trails program receives funding for Garfield County projects
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – The Garfield County Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) program is receiving a generous $10,000 grant from Crown Castle, as part of its “Connected by Good” program that gives back to communities. The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) have also added another $6,000 to help fund RMYC projects in 2019. The Youth Corps program provides opportunities for local youth and young adults to take part in regional trail-building and outdoor infrastructure projects. Crown Castle, which builds and maintains communications infrastructure, “improves public spaces where people connect, promotes public safety, and advances access to education and
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Opportunities abound for Youth Corps in Garfield County
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Garfield County is again supporting the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps program, which provides opportunities for local youth and young adults to take part in regional trail-building and outdoor infrastructure projects. Three crews will again take on numerous projects in 2018, and participants, ages 14-25, are being urged to take part. The Youth Conservation Corps partnership program in Garfield County completed its seventh season last October. Six years of that partnership, which was first initiated by the BOCC with the Youth Conservation Corps in 2011, have been with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps. Proposed projects for the
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Jobs are immediately available on conservation corps work teams Training for crew leader positions begins May 14
Garfield County is supporting summer conservation corps trail work for young adults, after the commissioners approved doubling the number of conservation corps teams this year. The county approved purchase of services agreements with two regional organizations to provide summer employment opportunities for fourteen young people. The commissioners unanimously allocated $160,000 for agreements to improve trails and campgrounds on forest service lands, and weed management and habitat restoration on county lands. Mandatory leadership training for RMYC crew leaders begins Monday, May 14, at the organization’s headquarters in Steamboat Springs, CO. These summer opportunities are currently available through the Western Colorado Conservation
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