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State wildlife agency will award up to $1.5 million in 2011 grant cycle
A pair of Summit County youngsters fish at Officers Gulch Pond.
By Summit Voice
The end of a long fishing day at Clinton Gulch Reservoir.
SUMMIT COUNTY — Fish habitat improvements in Colorado will get a boost this coming year from the Colorado Division of Wildlife, which has up to $900,000 to distribute during the 2011 Fishing is Fun grant cycle.
Altogether, the state wildlife agency has $1.5 million in grant funds for projects that benefit fishing, shooting ranges or motorized boating.
“In the past five years, these programs have leveraged millions of dollars in matching funds to help in dozens of projects for sportsmen and sportswomen around the state,” explained Tom Remington, director of the Division of Wildlife. “We can only help with the projects that we hear about so we hope lots of great projects will be submitted.” (more…)
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