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Seven Colorado state parks will use $647,400 in federal stimulus money to treat and remove trees affected by bark beetles.
Nearly 80 seasonal and full-time workers from the Colorado Youth Corps Association will work on the projects in the next 17 months. The crews will remove dead and dying trees.
The projects are in Golden Gate Canyon, Steamboat Lake, Cheyenne Mountain, Sylvan Lake and State Forest state parks. Work also is planned in Staunton State Park, which is under development and not yet open to the public, and Lone Mesa State Park, open on a limited basis.
The parks are in Dolores, Eagle, El Paso, Gilpin, Jackson, Jefferson, Park and Routt counties. The Associated Press; Associated Press file photo
