The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge area has been awarded $17.4 million in funding for 10 conservation projects, officials said Friday.
The Colorado Natural Resources Damages Trustees awarded the money, according to a news release from the Colorado Attorney General’s office. In 2012, 11 projects received $10.15 million. In total, $42.4 million has been funded by various sources toward conserving and restoring the Rocky Mountain Arsenal region, the release said.
Projects approved by the trustees will work on building “a regional, integrated greenway and open space network that currently covers 2,160 acres and numerous riparian corridors.”
“Watching the transformation of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal area is one of the most satisfying environmental developments during my tenure as Colorado Attorney General,” Attorney General John Suthers said in the release.
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