Projects
Highlights from a few projects in 2023
Thanks to the generosity of contributing Roundup Riders, the Heritage and Trails Foundation has been able to make some important and significant grants for trail work and improvement projects around Colorado. The foundation receives funding requests from many organizations and many U.S. Forest Districts
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado make some important improvements addressing erosion and safety issues at Mueller State Park.
Continental Divide Trail Coalition
The Continental Divide Trail Coalition replaced two planked deck bridges that had rotted along the High Lonesome trail in Grand County, Colorado.
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
The Wildlands Restoration Volunteers working on a critical bridge replacement in the Rawah Wilderness Area near Deckers, Colorado.
Western Slope Conservation Center
Western Slope Conservation Center, working in the Paonia District of the Gunnison National Forest, coordinates with the Nature Connection, a Delta County group that provides projects to get low-income youth outdoors and train them through Trail Maintenance projects.
Colorado Trail Foundation
The Colorado Trail Foundation engages armies of volunteers for maintenance and restoration work along the Trail. Here is a before and after picture, illustrating dramatic work along the Illinois Creek portion of the Trail.
Colorado Youth Corps Association
The Colorado Youth Corps Association engages Youth Corps teams across the state. Here, Mile High Youth Corps members utilize the high line system to move large rocks for step installation on the upper section of the Eldorado Canyon Trail, in Boulder County.
Hinsdale County
Heritage and Trails Foundation partnered with Hinsdale County to upgrade the trail network at Peninsula Park at Lake San Cristobal near Lake City.
