State Trails Program 13787 Highway 85 North Littleton, CO 80125 P 303.791.1957 | F 303.470.0784

Jeffrey M. Ver Steeg, Acting Director, Colorado Parks and Wildlife • Parks and Wildlife Commission: Robert W. Bray • Matthew Burkett • Charles Garcia Marie Haskett • Carrie Besnette Hauser • John Howard, Chair • Marvin McDaniel • Colleen Peppler • Jennifer Rieke Taylor • James Vigil, Secretary

Michelle Zimmerman, Vice-Chair

February 28, 2019

To: Members of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission

From: Jeff Ver Steeg, Acting Director

Subject: Recreational Trails Program (RTP) Funding Rescission, Additional 2018 Non-Motorized

Trail Grant funding awards as recommended by the State Recreational Trails Committee

This letter is a summary and explanation of the enclosed Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW)

RTP Funding Rescission, Additional 2018 Non-Motorized Trail Grant funding award

recommendations for Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC) approval during the March 2019

meeting.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Division’s (CPW) Trails Program, a statewide program within

CPW, administers grants for trail-related projects on an annual basis. Local, county, and state

governments, federal agencies, special recreation districts, and non-profit organizations with

management responsibilities over public lands may apply for and are eligible to receive non-

motorized and motorized trail grants.

Colorado’s Non-Motorized Recreational Trails Program

CPW’s Trails Program was created with the adoption of Colorado’s “Recreational Trails Act of

1971” codified in sections 33-11-101 through 33-11-112, Colorado Revised Statutes. The

Grant Program provides funding for trail planning projects as well as small and large trail

construction and maintenance projects. The Grant Program is a multi-agency partnership that

includes CPW, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), Colorado Lottery, Federal Recreation Trails

Funds (RTP) and the Federal Land and Water Conservation Funds (LWCF).

RTP Funding Rescission Discussion

The State Trails Program has historically been a year behind on utilizing RTP funding based on the timing of the State Trails grant program and staff wanting to have the federal funds actually allocated before awarding grants. Due to a federal funding rescission and our preferred timing for allocating the funds, the State Trails Program has additional RTP funding that needs to be allocated by September 30, 2019. In order to allocate funds so they are not lost, State Trails Program staff and the Committee elected to evaluate the allocation of additional funds to the 2018 Non-motorized Trail Grants. This evaluation was conducted bycontinuing down the list of projects based on their final scores.

Based on comments presented by CPW, NE Region staff in regards to significant wildlife concerns and recent collaborative progress to resolve the concerns, the Committee elected to skip over the Magnolia Trail System, Zone 1 project and not provide funding to the project at this time.

FUNDING

For the 2018 Non-Motorized Recreational Trails Grant cycle approximately $523,676 of

additional funding will be available from the following funding sources:

Source of Funding Dollars Awarded

GOCO State Parks $130,000

Federal Recreational Trails Program-Non-Motorized

& Diversified (RTP) $393,676

Total $523,676

DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY

Based on the additional available funding, the five grants in the following categories are recommended for funding from the 2018 Non-motorized Recreational Trails Grant cycle:

Grant Category Number of Grants Proposed Funding

Construction & Maintenance Large 4 $523,675.61

DIVISION RECOMMENDATION:

Staff has provided the recommended funding spreadsheets for allocating additional funding to

the 2018 Non-Motorized Trails Grants (Appendix A) and Project Summaries (Appendix B) for

review and approval by the Commission and suggest that minor adjustments of project

funding levels be permitted at the discretion of the CPW Director or their designated

representative. Any additional RTP funding that is returned or received prior to September

30, 2019 shall also be applied to the 2018 non-motorized grants at the discretion of the CPW Director or their designated representative.

If you have any questions on this information, or anything else related to the trails program,

feel free to give me a call prior to the Commission meeting. Thank you.

Appendix A

Grant

App

Number

Volunteer

Reviewer

Score

Staff Reviewer

Score

Final

Score Project Name Project Sponsor Total Cost

Amount

Requested

Recommended

Funding Type of Funding

8 85.86 90.90 88.38 Gunsight Bridge Restoration-Replacement Crested Butte Land Trust 381,333.05$ $ 200,000.00

13 85.00 90.40 87.70 Lunch Loop Trail City of Grand Junction 2,466,485.00$ $ 225,000.00

9 84.14 89.90 87.02 Regional 14er Trail Maintenance Colorado Fourteeners Initiative 865,568.00$ $ 250,000.00

23 86.33 84.10 85.22 Prairie Ridge Trail City of Loveland 613,789.00$ $ 200,000.00

19 84.29 84.80 84.54 Mt. Elbert Realignment, Phase II National Forest Foundation 328,450.60$ $ 250,000.00

22 78.43 86.70 82.56 Meridian Ranch Regional Trail El Paso County 206,000.00$ $ 136,000.00

20 79.86 84.90 82.38 Kit Carson Trail, Phase III Rocky Mountain Field Institute 360,762.00$ $ 209,322.75

28 81.00 82.40 81.70 Salida District Trail Maintenance USFS Salida RD 112,000.00$ $ 80,000.00

43 79.43 83.70 81.56 Meeker Trail System 2018 Expansion Eastern Rio Blanco Metro Rec & Park District 158,710.60$ $ 106,750.00

17 78.29 84.50 81.39 Bear Creek Nat'l Recreation Trail USFS Grand Mesa and Gunnison RD 172,900.00$ $ 130,000.00 130,000.00$ GOCO

16 80.40 81.33 80.87 WRV Partnership for Stewardship 18-20 Wildlands Restoration Volunteers 541,598.53$ $ 147,608.56

42 80.43 80.60 80.51 Fall River Trail, Phase 3 Town of Estes Park 1,233,727.50$ $ 400,000.00

33 79.14 81.50 80.32 Fall River Trail, Phase 3 Town of Estes Park 1,233,727.50$ $ 250,000.00

36 80.71 78.90 79.81 Fish Creek Trail Segment City of Steamboat Springs 347,800.00$ $ 250,000.00 $ 150,000.00 RTP

15 75.57 83.60 79.59 Salida Trails Salida Mountain Trails 327,676.00$ $ 239,030.00

27 77.25 81.60 79.43 Magnolia Trail System Zone 1 Boulder Mountainbike Alliance 425,094.00$ $ 246,932.00

31 78.86 80.00 79.43 Divide RD 2019 Trail Crews Southwest Conservation Corps 142,865.67$ $ 100,400.00

2 81.00 77.50 79.25 2018 COPMOBA Regional Trails Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association 164,182.92$ $ 126,294.55 126,294.55$ RTP

10 77.50 80.40 78.95 Rito Seco Trails Costilla County $ 325,700.00 $ 249,400.00 $ 117,381.06 RTP

39 77.43 79.30 78.36 San Luis Valley Trail Maintenance Colorado Mountain Club 159,756.00$ $ 60,000.00

18 77.14 79.40 78.27 Trail Smart Sizing, Phase I Headwaters Trails Alliance 827,400.00$ $ 250,000.00

21 75.71 78.00 76.86 South Park Trail Improvements USFS Pike NF, South Park RD 85,984.68$ $ 62,950.00

40 74.86 69.40 72.13 Hermosa Street Riverwalk Extension Town of Pagosa Springs 837,070.00$ $ 400,000.00

4 69.86 71.50 70.68 Urban Singletrack Trails, Phase 2 Developing Urban Singletrack & Team [DUST2] 128,464.70$ $ 98,819.00

7 66.43 68.40 67.41 Hardscrabble SRMA Signs Project Town of Gypsum 73,536.00$ $ 51,475.20

32 67.00 67.10 67.05 Floyd Hill Open Space Trail System Clear Creek County Open Space 446,008.00$ $ 250,000.00

30 65.00 66.10 65.55 EagleVail Trail Extension Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association 137,964.00$ $ 98,393.11

TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED 5,068,375.17$ $ 523,675.61

GOCO Funding 130,000.00$

RTP Funding $ 393,675.61

Excluded

2018 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE LARGE

One in Small Construction too

Already funded 2018 CtB or 2019 NM

Already funded 2018 NM cycle

Additional Funding

Appendix B2018 Non-Motorized

Trail Grant Summaries

Project Number/Region

Project Name Project Sponsor Grant Type

Amount Requested

Total Cost

1 - NE Peak & Prairie Grand Loop Master Plan

The Greenway Foundation

Planning $45,000.00 $65,500.00

Description Create a master plan for a continuous inter-connected, soft surface (dirt or crusher fine) Grand Loop Trail (GLT). Primarily for daypack hiking/walking around the outer edges of the Denver metro region. The trail will access scenic landscapes, cultural sites, state parks and open space forming a complete beltway around the city.

2 – NW/SW 2018 COPMOBA Regional Trails

Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Assoc.

Large $126,294.55 $164,182.92

Description 1. Construct 2.8 miles of natural surface single track trail in the Mack Ridge/Kokopelli Loops trailsystem. 2. Construct two steel trussed bridges along the Spring Creek Canyon Connector trails,southwest of Montrose.

3 – NW/SW 2018 COPMOBA Regional Trails Planning

Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Assoc.

Planning $44,047.25 $57,261.43

Description Two new trail plans on the Western Slope. 1. Escalante Triangle project: 30 miles of trail layout and design. 2. FTS2017 project: Cultural site review and surveys on 14 miles of new proposed trails in Bangs Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA). Both trail systems will be designed and planned using best management practices.

4 – SW Urban Singletrack Trails–

Phase 2

Developing Urban Singletrack & Team (DUST2)

Large $98,819.00 $128,464.70

Description Construct 2.5 miles of natural surface singletrack trail on the Urban Singletrack Trails system. Project will adhere to IMBA trail design standards to include trail signage kiosks, intersection signs and carsonite markers. Project is located on Reservoir Hill in the Town of Pagosa Springs.

5 – SW Shavano Gateway Cultural Resource Clearance

Montrose County Planning $20,326.00 $29,038.00

Description Complete a cultural resource survey for submittal to the BLM. The Shavano Gateway Recreation Area is located SW of the City of Montrose, and the majority of this acreage is associated with proposed non-motorized single track trails. The trails have already been surveyed and designed, utilizing grant funding from CPW. This trail system is referred to as the "Linscott Canyon Trails".

6 – NE Georgetown Greenway Trail Town of Georgetown Planning $45,000.00 $63,270.00

Description The Georgetown Greenway project will complete the design for a section of the Clear Creek Greenway trail through the Gateway area of the Town of Georgetown. The design is in keeping with the Gateway Master Plan to enhance the entrance to the historic core of the town by providing safe passage through the community for cyclists on the regional Peak to Plains trail.

7 – NW Hardscrabble SRMA Signs Project

Town of Gypsum LC $51,475.20 $73,536.00

Description The Town of Gypsum is proposing to enhance and improve the existing trail system on the Hardscrabble Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) adjacent to the town by implementing a comprehensive signage plan. This signage plan will include new trail maps and installing three different types or levels of signage, which currently either do not exist or may not be up to date.

2018 Non-Motorized Trail Grant Summaries

Project Number/Region

Project Name Project Sponsor Grant Type

Amount Requested

Total Cost

8-SW Gunsight Bridge Restoration & Replacement

Crested Butte Land Trust

LC $200,000.00 $381,333.05

Description Replace the pedestrian bridge that is critical for trail connectivity and is the only permanent river crossing in the Slate River drainage. Today, the bridge is rapidly deteriorating and at risk of being breached. This project entails removing the current wooden bridge and replacing it with a full-span suspension bridge that is designed to better accommodate the dynamic nature of the Slate River.

9-Statewide Regional Fourteener Trail Maintenance

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

LC $250,000.00 $865,568.00

Description CFI crew and volunteers will perform 14.15 miles of routine trail maintenance, 2.2 miles of more intensive trail reconstruction within existing trail corridors and close, stabilize and restore 2.86 miles of old social trails during the 2019 and 2020 summer seasons on fourteener peaks across Colorado.

10-SW Rito Seco Trails Costilla County LC $249,400.00 $325,700.00

Description Rito Seco Park and Batenburg Meadows are part of the 3,600-acre Sangre de Cristo Ranches Greenbelt, about 8 miles north and east of the town of San Luis. The project proposes construction of six connected trails for a total of about 4.5 miles. Construction will require switchbacks, rock walls and stone steps. Several bridges will be constructed and installed to facilitate creek crossings.

11-NW North Fruita Desert Trails Master Plan

City of Fruita Planning $45,000.00 $63,000.00

Description The master plan would refine a trail system in the Special Recreation Management Area and provide planning for 20-30 new non-motorized trail miles. The plan will determine future trail alignments, management objectives and construction methods as they interconnect with the existing trail system and a future event staging and camping area. The SRMA is located approximately 10 miles north of the City of Fruita, in Mesa County, along the base of Bookcliff Mountain range.

12-NE Alma Riverwalk Design Town of Alma Planning $35,000.00 $140,676.76

Description The Riverwalk project has 3 objectives: Perform a wetland delineation; flag the 0.5 mile proposed trail location and develop a construction plan; design and engineer the bridges, docks, and boardwalk. The Riverwalk property consists of 21 acres of wetlands surrounding the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the South Platte River and is located within the South Park Ranger District of the Pike San Isabel National Forest.

13-NW Lunch Loop Trail City of Grand Junction LC $225,000.00 $2,466,485.00

Description The trail will extend 1.5 miles from the start of Monument Rd. to the Lunch Loop trail system. It is a 10-ft. wide concrete path with 2 bridges and four low water crossings. This will provide a long lastingall-weather surface that can sustain maintenance and/or emergency vehicles. The trail is in MesaCounty, 1.5 miles from Grand Junction.

14-SE Waldo Canyon Trail Rocky Mountain Field Institute

Planning $45,000.00 $58,500.00

Description Initiate a public planning process to determine the future of the Waldo Canyon Trail, which has been closed to public access since the Waldo Canyon Fire heavily damaged the area in the summer of 2012. The trail is located 5-miles west of downtown Colorado Springs in El Paso County. Proposed discussions include trail access, connectivity, new trailhead locations, trail layout and design.

2018 Non-Motorized Trail Grant Summaries

Project Number/Region

Project Name Project Sponsor Grant Type

Amount Requested

Total Cost

15-NE Salida Trails Salida Mountain Trails LC $239,030.00 $327,676.00

Description Seven new trail segments totaling 10.25 miles of new multi-use non-motorized trail with the goal of largely completing our 2 existing trail systems adjoining the city of Salida (in Chaffee County). Over the past 12 years, SMT has established these 2 trail systems and has built and/or maintained over 30 miles of trail in both trail systems.

16-NE/NW WRV Partnership for Stewardship 2018-2020

Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

LC $147,608.56 $541,598.53

Description WRV will conduct five trail projects in 2018-20 at heavily used & impacted trail sites in partnership with land managers and community partners, including: Hippo Trail, White River NF; Beaver Creek Trail, Pike San Isabel NF; Molly Moon/Mt. Margaret Trails, Arapaho Roosevelt NF; Pawnee Pass Trail, Arapaho Roosevelt NF; Beaver Brook Trail, Denver Mountain Parks.

17-SW Bear Creek National Recreation Trail

USFS Grand Mesa and Gunnison RD

LC $130,000.00 $172,900.00

Description Maintenance work needed on the Bear Creek Trail located in Ouray, Colorado. Work will include installing and maintaining rolling dips, shallow stream ford and gully crossings, rock water bars, treated timber and rock retaining walls.

18-NW Trail Smart Sizing, Phase I Headwaters Trails Alliance

LC $250,000.00 $569,400.00

Description This project is designed to mitigate ecological damage and improve the overall recreational experience for trail users in the Winter Park and Fraser area. It includes up to 18 miles of new trail construction, reroutes, maintenance, bridges, restoration.

19-SE Mt. Elbert Realignment, Phase II

National Forest Foundation

LC $250,000.00 $328,450.60

The Foundation will coordinate the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, Wildland Restoration Volunteers, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado and the USDA Forest Service, Leadville RD to implement Phase II of the Mt. Elbert Realignment and Restoration Project. The NFF and partners will restore and protect fragile alpine tundra and ensure long-term sustainable access to the summit of Mt. Elbert.

20-SW Kit Carson Trail, Phase III Rocky Mtn. Field Institute

LC $209,322.75 $360,762.00

Phase III of the Kit Carson Peak-Challenger Point Trail Improvement Project is the last and final phase. Plans include construction of sustainable, primitive-use trail at elevations about 12,000 ft., restore highly eroded alpine environment and maintain portions of the Willow Creek Trail.

21-SE South Park Trail Improvements

USFS Pike NF, South Park RD

LC $62,950.00 $85,984.68

Enhance and improve the current non-motorized trail system to include heavy trail maintenance, improve trail signage, maintain corridors and update/improve trail data. The overall goal is making a better system of trails for the public to enjoy. The project is focused on the SPRD in Park County.

22-SE Meridian Ranch Regional Trail

El Paso County LC 136,000.00 $206,000.00

El Paso County will construct two segments of new non-motorized, multi-use trail in Falcon Regional Park, located in northeastern El Paso County, in the rapidly growing community of Falcon. Segments will be Tier 1 trails, 6-8 ft. wide with crushed limestone surface and 2 ft. natural shoulders.

2018 Non-Motorized Trail Grant Summaries

Project Number/Region

Project Name Project Sponsor Grant Type

Amount Requested

Total Cost

23-NE Prairie Ridge Trail City of Loveland LC $200,000.00 $613,789.00

Project will include natural-surfaced trails (including a 1 mile long ADA accessible trail), a 26-car gravel parking lot, wetland improvements, road widening of a major arterial, an educational sign program, a drainage crossing, and a vault restroom.

24-NE Kiowa Park Trail Town of Wiggins SC $45,000.00 $65,000.00

Transform a 1/6 mile segment of current pathway into an accessible trail. Currently, this segment is a dusty path with very little vegetation. The proposed trail will connect the new Kiowa Park development with the current park and the Wiggins School District. Future goals for Wiggins include plans to link the trail system to future planned residential communities.

25-SE Temple Canyon Connection Fremont Adventure Recreation

SC $31,316.00 $79,731.60

Build a connection between BLM managed lands and the Cañon City owned Temple Canyon Park in the Royal Gorge Region. From the high point of the South Cañon Trail system, the only way to currently connect to the park is via Temple Canyon Road. This trail will offer a safer passage between the two areas.

26-NE Loop to Gateway Trail Town of Ault Planning $45,000.00 $67,295.00

The Town of Ault will establish a plan and resources for a 3.5 mile trail to connect the town with the Great Western Trail in Weld County. Objectives: Identify the best path for the trail; contact landowners; gain necessary permissions and agreements; provide preliminary plans for route; provide a list of cost estimates and identify ideal materials.

27-NE Magnolia Trail System Zone 1

Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

LC $246,932.00 $425,094.00

The purpose of this project is to create a sustainable and manageable non-motorized trail system within the 6000-acre management area. The system is in the Boulder Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest. Zone 1 is the most accessible portion of the system containing formal trailheads and access points from the local high school and within walkable proximity from Nederland. A previous CPW Planning grant produced a master plan in 2014.

28-SE Salida District Trail Maintenance

USFS Salida RD LC $80,000.00 $112,000.00

The USFS Salida District will hire, coordinate and supervise a non-motorized trail crew focused on the maintenance of its multiple use trail system. This proposal highlights six high priority backlogged trail maintenance projects that are critical to improve the accessibility, safety and sustainability of this popular trail system in the Upper Arkansas Valley.

29-NW Routt NF Trail Maintenance USFS Routt NF SC $44,550.00 $151,038.00

The goal of this grant is to increase funding for non-motorized trail maintenance crews to include management of excessive deadfall from heavy bark beetle mortality. The Forest and districts desire to keep all trails open for public use. All trails are within the Routt National Forest.

30-NW EagleVail Trail Extension Vail Valley Mountain Bike Assoc.

LC $98,393.00 $137,964.00

Construct 4 miles of trail connecting EagleVail and USFS lands on Meadow Mountain near Minturn, CO. The trail will connect communities by soft-surface linkages, leverage the value of existing trail systems by creating loop systems, and help link the entire county east-to-west. Construct seasonal wildlife closure barriers and restore decommissioned trails.

2018 Non-Motorized Trail Grant Summaries

Project Number/Region

Project Name Project Sponsor Grant Type

Amount Requested

Total Cost

#31-SW Divide RD 2019 Trail Crews Southwest Conservation Corps

LC $100,400.00 $142,865.67

Deliverables include 6 weeks of trail crews and 8 weeks of technical saw/crosscut crews making significant access improvement impact on 29-34 miles of trail and 742+ miles of related connecting trail systems. Crew project work will focus on bucking trees along the trail as well as maintaining or re-establishing historic erosion control features such as water bars, drainage dips, and slope.

#32-NE Floyd Hill Open Space Trail System

Clear Creek County Open Space

LC $250,000.00 $446,008.00

Clear Creek County Open Space will build 3.43 miles of new multi-use natural surface trails from trailhead to ridge and back down. Five segments will be built that create several trail loops. A significant segment is a 2.22 mile steep downhill trail for cyclists only which will increase safety for all users. A hiker only segment is also provided.

#34-NW LOVA Canyon Creek Plan Town of New Castle Planning $45,000.00 $98,000.00

Plan and design a multimodal asphalt trail in the 2.5 mile corridor adjacent to the Colorado River between I-70 mile markers 109 and 111 (New Castle – Glenwood Springs). Two adjacent sections, to the east and west, are already in the planning process.

#35-NE Bear Creek Pedestrian Trail City of Lakewood Planning $45,000.00 $70,000.00

The proposed project will address user concerns with the design of an alternate pedestrian trail that parallels the seven-mile paved Bear Creek Trail. The project activities will include mapping and surveying, public engagement, signage planning, design development and construction drawings and specifications ready for bid.

#36-NW Fish Creek Trail Segment City of Steamboat Springs

LC $250,000.00 $347,800.00

The project continues phased development of the highly successful Core Trail by constructing an 8-foot wide multiple-use hard surface concrete trail adjacent to Fish Creek and through the existing box culvert underneath Highway 40. The project will create a safe off-highway and grade separated bicycle and pedestrian trail that will increase access to recreational opportunities, and separate pedestrians from the highly congested and dangerous Hwy 40/Pine Grove Road intersection.

#37-NW Rifle RD Trail Clearing & Maintenance

White River NF, Rifle RD

SC $6,720.00 $17,957.60

The objective of this project is to perform trail clearing and general maintenance on approximately 70 miles of public, non-motorized trails in Garfield County, CO. The trail system is managed by the White River National Forest (WRNF) Rifle Ranger District.

#38-NE Trails Master Plan Scoping Project

Overland Mountain Bike Club

Planning $31,750.00 $48,849.00

Overland Mountain Bike Club is conducting a scoping project to determine the need, necessary stakeholders, timeline and strategy for the development of a comprehensive non-motorized trails master plan. A single source map detailing all existing trails will be created.

2018 Non-Motorized Trail Grant Summaries

Project Number/Region

Project Name Project Sponsor Grant Type

Amount Requested

Total Cost

#39-SW San Luis Valley Trail Maintenance

Colorado Mountain Club

LC $60,000.00 $125,700.00

The Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) will work with the Rio Grande National Forest (RGNF) to complete high-priority trail maintenance and corridor-clearing projects on all three of its Ranger Districts, (Saguache, Divide, and Conejos Peak) with a San Luis Valley non-motorized trail maintenance crew. This crew will complete a total of 40 weeks of project work.

#40-SW Hermosa Street Riverwalk Extension

Town of Pagosa Springs

LWCF $400,000.00 $837,070.00

Manage the construction of a .35 mile concrete trail segment of the Pagosa Springs Riverwalk that runs from Hwy 160 to Town Park. The trail will extend the existing riverwalk corridor. The goal of the project is to provide a safe means for pedestrians and bike users and will eliminate the need to use the Hwy 160 corridor and or walk on Hermosa Street.

#41-NE Boulder Area Trails Mobile Application

Boulder County Planning $31,500.00 $90,900.00

Create a multi-agency, county-wide, interactive mobile trails map application. It will allow users to access all of the public trails under one application, rather than navigate multiple sources that cross numerous local, state and federal government jurisdictions. This application will include trails, trailheads, parks, trail closure notification and on-trail use information.

#42-NE Fall River Trail, Phase 3 Town of Estes Park LWCF $400,000.00 $1,233,727.50

Construct the first mile of a planned 2.5 mile paved trail from Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park Aspenglen campground to downtown Estes Park. When complete, the Fall River Trail will substantially improve the entire Estes Valley trail system and will benefit the Estes Valley residents as well as its 4.5 million annual visitors. This trail will help preserve the Fall River corridor’s wild character while expanding access, especially for low-income residents.

#43-NW Meeker Trail System 2018 Expansion

Eastern Rio Blanco Metro Recreation & Park Dist. (ERBM)

LC $106,750.00 $158,710.60

Expand the existing 11-mile Meeker Trail System by constructing two new single-track hiker/biker trails that total 4.6 miles to create a regionally attractive 15.6 mile trail system adjacent to the Town of Meeker. These two trails (Hidden Valley Trail and Lion Canyon Trail) would be constructed in 2018 on BLM lands as approved in the BLM-Meeker Trails Master Plan Environmental Assessment (EA) document dated February 2015.