San Juan County has been awarded more than $250,000 to help address the impacts of increasing outdoor recreation in its backcountry.
Great Outdoors Colorado, which receives money from the state’s lottery, granted San Juan County $260,000 to “advance outdoor recreation, stewardship and land protection” to meet “urgent needs and priorities” in the San Juan Mountains.
“The recreation pressure in this area combined with the demonstrated impacts of unmanaged recreation make