The latest batch of grants from Great Outdoors Colorado could fund the first trails along the Yampa River in Hayden. The state organization known as GOCO, which uses lottery revenues to protect and enhance wildlife areas and parks across the state, announced a $2 million grant Monday that will fund projects along the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs and Hayden. The grant is part of $57 million in GOCO “Legacy” allocations that will impact 138,000 acres across Colorado. Projects include $10.5 million for greenway development along the South Platte River near Denver, and $7.4 million to protect nearly 5,700 riparian acres in the San Luis Valley.

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