By Shannon Lukens.
Projects in Northwest Colorado have been awarded $10,574,056 from Great Outdoors Colorado. They’ll support major land conservation, outdoor recreation, and collaborative efforts across the region.
Highlights include:
- $7.5 million to Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) to protect 18,000 acres of working ranchland within the Colorado River watershed.
- $55,200 to the Town of Oak Creek for the construction of a new bike trail at Oak Creek Mountain Park. It’s the Go With the Flow Bike Trail, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Youth Corps.
- $2.5 million to CCALT, $388,856 to Routt Recreation & Conservation Roundtable, and $130,000 to Northwest Colorado Outdoors to support collaborative efforts advancing regional conservation and recreation goals.
The grants are part of more than $25.5 million in GOCO funding awarded statewide for conservation and recreation efforts from Great Outdoors Colorado, which receives money from Colorado Lottery proceeds.
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) awarded $10,574,056
More on the Story —Northwest Colorado projects receive over $10M from GOCO funds
Steamboat Springs City Council meets at 5 p.m. tonight in the Citizens’ Meeting Room at Centennial Hall on 10th Street. Agenda
The City of Steamboat Springs is celebrating a year for new achievements in Waste Diversion. This includes a baling twine recycling program, two yard-waste drop-off events, grant funding to install recycling across Haymaker Golf Course, and started plans for an expanded drop-off center for hard-to-recycle materials.
More on the Story – City of Steamboat Springs celebrates successes for year of waste diversion
The Superintendent of the South Routt School District, Dr. Kirk Henwood, has been honored with the Demont Award, which recognizes exceptional leadership in Colorado’s rural education communities. It was presented at the annual convention of the 2025 Colorado Association of School Boards, in Colorado Springs.
Tonight is the Winter Music Concert for Kindergarten through 5th graders at South Routt Elementary School in Yampa. That’s at 6:30 p.m. South Routt Calendar
The movie “Inside Out” is at 5 p.m. Tuesday, December 16, at Wildhorse Cinema, presented by Brighter World Child Advocacy Center, serving Routt, Moffat, and Grand counties. The screening of the movie is to help children understand and talk about their emotions. After the screening, there is a drawing for prizes as well. The event is open to all.
The SoRoCo Girls Wrestling team has a dual match at Eagle Valley High School today. There are three girls wrestling for SoRoCo. There are also girls teams in Moffat County and Steamboat.
This is the first year to have a full girls high school wrestling at Steamboat Springs High School. Here’s head coach Cory McGrady.
“So we have the first ever Steamboat Springs High School Girls Wrestling Team. It’s extremely exciting. We’ve got a great group of girls here. We had about seven incoming freshman this year, so it’s a huge number to have for wrestling in general. The girls that we have on the team are just willing to work hard and they support each other a lot. So as a coach, that’s the main thing we want to see on a wrestling team, that they work hard and support each other.”
It’s the 4th year for the Moffat County Girls Wrestling team, which has ten girls on the team this year. Two of those girls are from Hayden, and wrestling for the Bulldogs.
All wrestlers from Steamboat Springs, Hayden, and Moffat County are at the Warrior Classic in Grand Junction this weekend.
More on the Story – SSHS has a full girls wrestling team this year
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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